CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, APRIL 20, 1918 
FARM TOPICS 
City Boys as Farm Workers.577, 578 
Spring Wheat in New York Dairy Counties. 578 
The Value of Burned Manure. 578 
Fighting Against the Crow.579 
Women for Farm Work. 580 
A New England Woman’s Ideas.. 580 
Hope Farm Notes. 586 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Inbreeding Swine . 596 
Feeding Iodine to Sows. 596 
Endless Chain of Pigs....... 596 
THE HENYARD 
The Egg-laying Contest. 602 
Hens Dying . 602 
Eye Disease in Turkey. 603 
Connecticut Poultry Rations. 603 
Charcoal for White Diarrhoea. 603 
WOMAN AND HOME 
Evaporated and Dehydrated Food. 581 
The Bill for Rural Nurses. 582 
Epsom Salts in Buckwheat. 582 
Wood and Water... 582 
A Farm Woman’s Notes.583, 585 
The Society Woman in the Farm Home.585 
Cleaning Dried Fruit. 585 
Notes by a Farm Mother. 587 
Work for Girls in New York City. 590 
Your First Sweetheart. 591 
The Fountain Pen Farmers. 591 
Cigarettes for the Soldier Boys. 591 
A Widow’s Warning. 591 
Tannic Acid; Dyeing Fur. 592 
Cleaning Crocks . 592 
Thawing Drain Pipe. 592 
Gas Manufacture; Refining Kerosene. 592 
Softening Paint . 592 
Cleaning Carpets .. ■ • • 592 
Hard Water . 592 
Oils for Leather . 592 
Ill-flavored Water-glass Eggs. 592 
Homemade Paint Brushes. 592 
Flavor of Frozen Potatoes. 592 
The Home Dressmaker.594, 604 
Among the Children.698, 599, 600 
Using Left-overs . 600 
Footwear in Wet Times. 601 
A Twenty-C’ent Potato. 601 
The Rights of Deranged People. 601 
Care of Canary Bird. 601 
A Day’s Work on the Farm. 604 
Drying and Canning Notes. 604 
Corncob Syrup . 604 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Water Tank Underground. 578 
A Shortage of Bees.579, 580 
The Trouble Is Distribution. 589 
Publisher’s Desk .606 
Agricultural Statistics 
The corn crop of Argentina is now 
being harvested and the yield reported 
large and of good quality. The exportable 
surplus of corn is estimated at 120,- 
000,000 bushels. 
The demand for alcohol for industrial 
purposes has caused an extensive search 
for new substances or waste from which 
alcohol may be made to advantage. In 
Australia, the root of Zamia palm, Avhich 
grows abundantly in the seacoast section 
of New South Wales, is being quite 
largely used. It contains about 2.5 per 
cent of .starch and after being ground 
and mixed with a small percentage of 
bran it is fermented and yields about 45 
gallons of alcohol per ton of material. 
Including labor, the cost is about 20 cents 
per gallon for absolute alcohol. 
The severe drought in the Southwest 
has been broken by abundant rains in 
many localities, so that the cotton out¬ 
look is much improved over a large part 
of the Texas cotton belt. 
The Government report for April fore¬ 
casts the AVinter wheat crop at .500,- 
000,000 bushels. This is a decline in 
outlook of .7 per cent compared with the 
outlook last December, showing that the 
plant has wintered well. Last year’s 
Winter wheat yield was about 418,- 
070.000 bushels. 
The rye outlook is 1.7 pei* cent larger 
than last year in condition and the prob¬ 
able yield 86,000.000 bushels, against 
60.145,000 in 1917. Percentage condi¬ 
tion of Winter wheat are given as 100 for 
Nevada and Kentucky; 97 for Idaho and 
Oregon; North Carolina, 96; Indiana, 
Arkansas and Montana, 94; California, 
Washington and Virginia, 9.3; Missouri, 
Tennessee, Arizona. 92; West Virginia, 
91 ; Wyoming and Utah, 90. The follow¬ 
ing are between 80-90: South Carolina, 
Georgia, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Min¬ 
nesota, Iowa, Alabama, Mississippi, 
Colorado. Between 70-80 are: New .Ter- 
sey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, 
Michigan, South Dakota, Nebraska, New 
Mexico, New York, the last named being 
put at 78. The lowest percentage for 
any State is Texas, 40. 
Rye condition in principal States 
where this crop is largely grown is: 
Vermont, 96; North Carolina and Indi¬ 
ana, 95; Massachusetts, Virginia, 93; 
West ATrginia, 91; South Carolina. 90; 
New York. Georgia, 86; Ohio, 85; Penn¬ 
sylvania, ^Maryland, 83; New .Jersey and 
I>elaware, 80. 
DO YOU 
NEED 
FARM 
HELP? 
We have many able-bodied young 
men, mostly without farming 
experience, who wish to work 
on farms. If you need a good, 
steady, sober man, write for an 
order blank.Ours is a philanthrop¬ 
ic organization and wo make no 
charge to employer or employee. 
THE JEWISH ACRICULTURAL SOOETY 
176 Second Avenne N. Y. City 
If in Need of Farm or Garden'Help 
of any description, write to Mr. G. M. Hessels.Seero- 
theAgricultural and Industrial Labor Relief, 
1123l5roaawa3r,Newyork. All services rendered free. 
TRUCK FARM 
ON STATEN ISLAND ‘“’Vo ‘ren't 
part of the Cameron estate; farmhouse, barn, arable 
land, &c. Apply Malcolm E. Smith. 185 Madison 
Ave., or Peter B. Olney, 68 William St., N. Y. City 
S'PJlWRNTriicIfFarmli acres, good Buildings, $1 060 
NEW JERSEY liUCKrarin SELDON JOHJfSO\,Tineiand, n.j! 
Subscribers* Exchange 
<>«hanae, make it known here. 
This Rato will be 6 Cente a word, payable in advance. The 
name and address must be counted as part of the advartlse- 
ment. No displw type used, and only Farm Products, Help 
and Positions Wanted admitted. For subscribers only 
ir.® j u” “'“iKennral nianufacturors’ announcements 
not admitted here. Poultry. Eggs and other live stock adver- 
Usements will go under proper headings on other pages, 
ttis c<dumn advertisements will not be accepted for 
Copy must reach us. not later than Friday morning 
to appear In the following week's issue. " * 
Farm Help Wanted 
PARTNER WANTED FOR FARM—A busy man- 
ufacturer_ controlling a large commercial farm 
in Connecticut, located directly on the New 
Haven s.vstem, between Willimantic and New 
Haven, due to his many other interests, is un¬ 
able to give it his personal attention and is seek¬ 
ing, with a view of forming a partnership, the 
co-operation of a practical farmer who has a 
thoroughly modern knowledge of agriculture, 
live stock and poultry. Farm is upon an oper¬ 
ating basis and regularly makes shipments. Is 
fully equipped, including tractor and several 
horses, and has several hundred acres under cul¬ 
tivation. Applicant must be able to economically 
conduct a large enterprise to mutual advantage. 
An investment of at least .$.5,000 to $10,000 is 
necessary in order to permanently sustain his 
in^terest. Executive experience, administrative 
ability and good, sound business judgment are 
essential factors. This is an unusual opportunity 
for the right party. Managers seeking position 
without financial interest need not answer. Ad¬ 
dress CHARLES M. AMS. 101 Park Ave., New 
York City. 
WANTED—First class dry-hand milkers, able 
to milk 30-35 cows twice daily. No other 
work. Wages $00 and board per month. Ad¬ 
dress ADVERTISER 3094, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
ASSISTANT POULTRYMAN, understand dry- 
picking; state wages wanted, with board and 
room; give nationality. WM. H. MACKENZIE, 
Bellport, L. I. 
WANTED—Young man of good character and ex¬ 
perience on general farm near New York City; 
to live with owner; good board and home. 
HERBERT HILMER, Millington, N. J. 
MILKER AND DAIRYMAN—One used to milk¬ 
ing machine; $50; house, wood for fuel, gar¬ 
den, milk. BROADACRES DAIRY FARMS, Or¬ 
angeburg, New York. 
WANTED—Garden supervisor for children, adult 
and truck gardeners for five iiiontlis begin¬ 
ning May 1st. BERLIN CHAMBER OP COM¬ 
MERCE, Berlin, N. H. 
WANTED—Single men for general farm work; 
hours from 0 A. M. to 0 P. M.; no milking; 
wages $40 per month, with board; only respect¬ 
able men can be considered. Apply H. M. 
PINCKNEY, Supt., Lime Ridge I’anii, Poiigh- 
qiiag, N. Y. 
WANTED—June 1 to October 1, reliable man 
and wife for girls’ Summer camp in New 
Hampshire; man for care of horses, garden, 
lawn and general utility; woman, cooking or 
housework. Address, with references and wages 
expected. Dr. CHARLES A. EASTMAN, 1002 
G. St. N. W. Washington, D. C. 
WANTED—Reliable man for care of cow's, poul¬ 
try and garden on gentleman’s ten-acre coun¬ 
try place; .$08 a month and good house and gar¬ 
den; ADVERTISER 4039, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
DAIRYMAN—Wanted single man for small Jer¬ 
sey herd on private estate; must be first-class 
butter maker; cleanliness most essential; good 
wages, with maintenance; write full particulars 
first letter and nationality. BOX 243, Roslyn, 
Long IslamT. 
WANTED—A capable fruit man to take care of 
large orchard; married man preferred; must 
be -American, experienced and sober; permanent 
position and good wages and privileges offered. 
MAPLE GROVE FARMS, R. F. D. No. 2, Box 
208, Sangerties, N. Y. 
WANTED—Experienced herdsman, married or 
single, for Jersey herd; must be experienced 
in feeding for production and be sober and in¬ 
dustrious; state age, references, and salary, 
which includes board and room; if married, wife 
to assist with general housework. ADVER¬ 
TISER 4048, care Rural New-Yorker. 
DAIRYMAN wanted, who is willing worker; 
state wages and full iiarticulars first letter. 
Address SUNNYBROOK FARM, Sniithtown, 
N. y. 
Dairy oows, .$100: hoi’ses, not much 
sale. Milk is retailing at i2c; butter, 
00c; eggs, 50c. Hay. $20 per ton. Po¬ 
tatoes, .$2. Spring pigs, $6. Cornmeal, 
$4.50; middlings. $3.90; oats, ,$1.10 bu.; 
beans, ,35c qt. Hens. $1..50. J. E. 
Saratoga Co., N. Y, 
jCows, from $75 to $100; horses, $.50 
to. $175; veal calves, 14e lb.; hogs, ISc 
lb. Oats, $1 bu.; wheat, $2.50 bu.; corn. 
$4 cwt.; beans. $15 cwt.; bran, ,$2.75 
cwt.; potatoes, $1 cwt. Baled bay, $23 
to .$2.5 per ton. Butter, 45c lb.; eggs, 34c. 
Allegany Co., N. Y. a. E. 
WANTED—A married woman to board men on 
farm; only a neat, competent, good cook will 
do; have work for husband on the farm; a 
woman with small children not suited for tlie 
position; send references with application. 
FORSGATE FARMS, Jamesburg, N. J. 
WANTED—4 to 6 men country estate, West¬ 
chester County; capable men for light farm 
work; board and accommodations the best; 
wages .$35 to .$40 per month; more if worthy. 
SUPT., Box 425, Katona, N. T. 
WANTED—Tenant farm hand and teamster. 
One single farm hand and teamster. No booz¬ 
ers or idlers need apply. Address GLEN ROCK 
STOCK FARM, Springwater, N. Y. 
COUPLE, middle-aged, active workers, unfur¬ 
nished free house, country, no board, no chil¬ 
dren, no enemy aliens; year round place for 
right parties; man assistant caretaker and gen¬ 
eral worker; party with motorboat experience 
preferred; $17 weekly; wife all housework fam¬ 
ily of three; $10 weekly; best references re¬ 
quired; give ages, experience, nationality and 
religion; position ready April first, ADVER¬ 
TISER 3058, care Rural New-Yorker. 
HOUSEWORK, general, including washing and 
light cooking; three in family; .$40 per month. 
Apply MRS. VANDERPOEL, Montvale, New 
Jersey. 
w.iv.iir.u—Jiarneu, nouse .ana gar¬ 
den; state experience, references and wages. 
S. G. TENNEY, Williamstown, Mass. 
\VA^TED—Woman for light housework; good 
home; state wages expected. Address Mrs. 
THOMAS SMITH, R. D. 1, Ossining, N. Y. 
HOUSEKEEPER WANTED — Refined, middle- 
aged American; Central West farm home. 
ADVERTISER 4023, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Working foreman for general farm; 
single; good milker; steady position; state 
age, reference, and salary expected in first let¬ 
ter. FARM MANAGER, Retreat, Pa. 
WANTED—Experienced truck garden farmer, 
0. FRANK COLLEY, Woodfords, Me., R. 8. 
Situations Wanted 
EXPERIENCED fruit grower desires a posi¬ 
tion; able to develop a new orchard or carry 
on an enterprise already established. ADVER¬ 
TISER 3098, care Rural New-Yorker, 
SINGLE MAN, 34, Irish-American, wishes posi¬ 
tion on gentleman’s estate; first-class dry-hund 
milker, non-smoker, honest, sober, reliable, good 
wherever you put me; four years in last posi¬ 
tion; first-class references; please give particu¬ 
lars. ADVERTISER 4037, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
FARM or estate superintendent wants perma¬ 
nent position; practical, life experience in 
managing large stock farms; can show results; 
Scotch; married: small family: nothing but good 
proposition considered. ADVERTISER. 4046, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
POSITION AS HERDSMAN OR DAIRYMAN— 
Single, exempt, agricultural school graduate; 
four years’ experience; excellent butter maker. 
ADVER'riSER 4038, care Rural New-Yorker. 
MAN at present working on general farm wants 
position at commercial poultry farm from 
May 1st in order to gain experience. ADVER¬ 
TISER 4044, care Rural New-Yorkei‘. 
WANTED—Position as farm foreman; life¬ 
time experience, including field work and all 
kinds live stock; an honest, ambitious and re¬ 
liable man, with clean habits; married; nothing 
but first-class proposition will be considered. 
ADVERTISER 4051, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position as housekeeper by Protest¬ 
ant American woman, 40. ADVERTISER 4049, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
COUPLE WISHES EMPLOYMENT—Cook, house¬ 
keeper, caretakers, experienced farming, stock, 
poultry, gardening, fruit and use of tools; sal¬ 
ary, shares or rental; A1 references. N. N., 
83 South St., Morristown, N, J. 
POULTRYMAN, married, desires position; long, 
practical experience; breeding high layers a 
specialty. ADVERTISER 4050, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
SUPERINTENDENT and general estate farmer 
open for position: prominently known as a 
constructive livestock breeder; ,a thorough judge 
in buying and selling; great executive ability, 
having had a life experience; married, age 34 
years; strictly trustworthy, sober and reliable; 
best of references. Address ADVERTISER 4040, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
FARMHAND—Experienced single young man 
wishes position on general or truck farm. 
Address ADVER'riSER 4041, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
WAN'TED—Position by temperate, practical 
man, 57, to do genei-al repair work on gentle¬ 
man’s estate, or institution. BOX 370, Wake¬ 
field, R. I. 
POULTRYMAN desires position as assistant on 
chicken farm. ALBERT ANDERSON, 624 
Bergen St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
FARM OR ESTATE MANAGER—Open for posi¬ 
tion at once; lifetime experience in practical 
and scientific farming; college graduate; suc¬ 
cessful record as manager of several large es¬ 
tates and breeding establishments; familiar with 
all modern methods, livestock, machinery, en¬ 
gineering, and construction work; efficient or¬ 
ganizer and manager of farm help. ADVER¬ 
TISER 4036, care Rural New-Yorker. 
POULTRYMAN, thoroughly experienced with 
modern methods, is open for A1 position; pri¬ 
vate place preferred. ADVERTISER 4029, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
SITUATION WAN'l'ED—Farm manager; agri¬ 
cultural graduate; ago 35 years; desires posi¬ 
tion where he can do his utmost to produce food 
for the country and profits for the owner. Ad¬ 
dress ADVERTISER 4045, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
EDUC.VTED and refined man and wife desire po¬ 
sition of trust in country, estate or institu¬ 
tion; experienced in gardening, care of poultry 
and In caring for children. BOX 29, Tivoli, N. Y. 
HEBDSMAN, single, wants position; understand¬ 
ing A. R. work; life experience in feeding and 
breeding all kinds dairy cattle; first-class refer¬ 
ences; wages and particulars in first letter. 
ADVERTISER 4047, care Rural New-Yorker. 
YOT'NG man, single, 28, draft exempt, wishes 
to work on farm; prefer partly clerical occu¬ 
pation, ADVERTISER 4024, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
Farms For Sale, to Rent, etc. 
WELL-DRAINED dairy and grain farm, apple 
orchard; 14 acres wheat, firewood, fair 
buildings. Niagara Falls market. Moderate 
price. ADVERTISER 3093, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
FARM of 100 acres for sale, on the eastern 
shore of Maryland; new buildings; will sell 
cheap, as I am unable to attend to it; no 
agents need answer. ADVERTISER 4006, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
WAN'TED TO LEASE—A small farm; give full 
particulars. ADVERTISER 4035, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
•NT _ v,uuii,ici,c tsuuccssion irom June to 
November; m first-class horticultural condition; 
Lolonial house, eleven rooms; ample outbuild¬ 
ings; two miles from Newburgh, N, Y., on State 
road’ overlooking the river. Call on or address 
WM, McGANN, Newburgh, N. Y., Star Route. 
SEVENTEEN-ACRE FRUIT FARM near Hud¬ 
son for sale; thousand trees, seven vears old- 
modern house; price .$6,250. DENYSE -Mtal 
mont, N. Y. . - « 
WANTED—Small farm to rent, privilege of 
buying; good buildings; State road; near vil¬ 
lage: within 75 miles of New York; state full 
partimibars. ADVERTISER 4052, care Rural 
New-Yorker, 
THREE CDMPLETE FARMS for sale or rent; 
i), 10’ 16 acres; house, barn, oiitbiiildlnga. 
fruit, shade trees, berries; good, level loam srdl- 
immediate possession. WM. FOTH, Sayville 
^9^. bALE—At Long Pond, Wading River, Long 
Island, New York farm, about 80 acres, 
nearly all cleared, balance good timber; up-to- 
date dwelling containing eight rooms, running 
water, 2 baths, steam heat, electric light; large 
horse barn, 16-stanchion cow barn, “Grade A” 
milk house; cost $40,000; ideal for paying farm 
or gentleman’s country home. Address ADVER¬ 
TISER 4043, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Boarding houses and farm; 136 
acres, at Freehold, Greene Co., New York- 
‘‘The Oakwood”; 1,800 feet altitude; best mouiil 
tain view of entire Catskill range; accommo¬ 
dating i;> guests; large barn; ice house; garage: 
other outbuildings. For particulars, address 
owner E. A. BROOKS. Freehold, Greene Co., 
New York. ’ 
fine limestone region of Western Central New 
York; 50 acres best bearing orchard: fine Col¬ 
onial house; several other houses; modern, dairy 
barn; land smooth and drained; six miles to 
Geneva; one mile to station; annual sales, $15- 
$10,000 cash; balance 5%. 
R. S. POWELL, Geneva, N. Y, ' 
plant in central Pennsylvania; 1,000 S C 
White Leghorns, 10,400-egg Blue Hen incubator 
$3,500 cash, to close partnership. ADVERTISE! 
4042, care Rural New-Yorker, 
FOR SALE—Fine farm of 2.50 acres in Chau¬ 
tauqua County, N. Y.; good buildings, with or 
without complete stock of Holstelns, horses and 
sheep. CLARENCE E. WILLIAMS, 109 White 
Bldg., Utica, N. Y. 
ESTABLISHED poultry business, well adver¬ 
tised, fully equipped; a high-class custom; 
housing capacity, 1,500 hens; brooding capacity, 
2,500 chicks; incubator, new, 6,000 eggs; run¬ 
ning water system; barns, stables, horse, cow, 
all farming implements; motor truck, etc.; now 
in full operation; a rare opportunity. Address 
ADVERTISER 3079, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Farm, 155 acres; 850 fruit trees, 
apple, pear; main road; good soil; 100 miles 
New York; price $6,500, one-third down. AD¬ 
VERTISER 3088, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Poultry farm containing 15 acres, 
one-fourth mile from town of 3,500 populntion, 
with splendid schools and churches, situated on 
Du Pont Boulevard; farm equipped as follows; 
incubating capacity, 9,000 eggs; brooding ca¬ 
pacity, 12,000 chicks; laying houses for 4,000 
hens; 500 apple trees; large house containing 
11 rooms; the owners are engaged in other busi¬ 
ness and cannot give this the proper attention. 
THE DELAWARE EGG FARM, Milford, Del. 
II* nvutuciu ycriuuiil. 
Write owners. APHIN & BUGBEE, Putney, Vt. 
Miscellaneous 
CHILD’S hand-made side-saddle, suitable for 
small pony; cost $35; sale price, $15. MRS. 
H. D. BARTO, Manlius, N. Y. 
WANTED—Second-hand bee hives. W. O. 
BECKETT, Knowlesville, N. Y. 
CHOICEST VERMONT MAPLE SYRUP, gnaran- 
teed strictly pure, $2 per gal. MAPLEWOOD 
FARM, Jacksonville, Vt. 
gal.; 15 gals, or more to one address $2.10. 
GEORGE FORMAN, Pawlet, Vt. 
W-VN’PED to hear from some farmer who has 
Weber’s early dent seed corn with germination 
test of 95%; give price per bu. in the ear. L. R. 
COX, Oxford, Iowa. 
FOR SALE—’Pn'o. John Deer gang plows: one 
five-gang, 14-inch bottom; one three-gang, 14- 
inch bottom. Have had them six years, but 
have never used them since the first year. For 
sale cheap. SODUS FRUIT FARM, Inc., So- 
dus, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—“Air-Tight” power sprayer, new 
last Spring; perfect running order; 200-gallon 
tank; made by Air-Tight Steel Tank Co. HENRY 
H. ALBERTSON, Burlington, N. J. 
WILSON FEED MILL, nearly new, $17.50; 2 .$30 
Newtown Brooders, $15 apiece; Standard 
Brooder, new, $12.50; power green bone cutter, 
$15. PAUL KUHL, Copper Hill, N. J. 
F'OR SALE—Portable sawmill, 20-h. p. engine, 
2.5-11. p. boiler, with belts and saws; now run¬ 
ning: possession about May 1. W. O. KINNEY, 
Campville, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Seed corn tester, CO-egg incubator, 
15-bu. self-feeder for hogs, hog oiler. BOX 
158, Williamsport, Ohio. 
FOR SALE—Keystone two-hole mounted corn 
sheller, capacity 125 bushels per hour; self- 
feeder, cob stacker, elevator with bagger; only 
used to shell one thousand bushels; price $100. 
American Machine Co. shingle mill, good as new: 
two 24-inch saws and edging saw, automatic 
feed; price $50. H. 0. HOLLOWAY, Perryman, 
Md. 
FOR SALE—Five-ton hardwood ashes at $15 
per ton. BRITTON GILPIN, Amity, N. Y. 
