CONTENTS 
THE HURAL NEW-YORKER, APRIL 27, 1918 
EARM TOPICS 
The City Opinion of Farm Profits.609, 610 
Japanese Millet for Silage. 611 
Michigan Potato Growers and Grading.611 
The Virginia Peanut. 612 
Cannery Price for Tomatoes. 612 
Guard the Fence Wire. 612 
Potatoes Like a Flower Garden.615 
Growing Oats and Peas. 615 
Seeding Oats with Wheat.615 
A Grassy Asparagus Patch. 615 
Fertilizer Value of Feathers and Chips.619 
Japanese Millet on Gravelly Soil. 619 
Ashes from Wastes. 619 
Crops on Tobacco Plantation. 619 
Preventing Cross Pollination of Corn. 621 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
The Country Milk Co. 623 
The Price of Wool. 623 
“Keeping Qualities of Pasteurized Milk’’... 626 
Turning Pigs Into Money Quickly.626 
Feeding Brood Sows. 626 
Milk and Live Stock News. 628 
Harmoniou"} Sheep Bells. 631 
Hogs in Pasture. 631 
Dairy Ration . 631 
The Egg-laying Contest. 632 
Arsenate Spray in Poultry Run. 632 
Soft-Shelled Eggs .633 
Management of Large Flocks. 633 
Preserving Fertile Eggs. 633 
The Nwe School Law. 623 
The State Constabulary. 623 
HORTICULTURE 
The Apple Barrel Situation. 610 
The Control of Peach Scab by Dusting. 610 
The Quinine Tree in Missouri. 611 
Improving a Waste Spot. 612 
Mice Girdled Trees. 621 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 624 
The Rural Patterns. 624 
Pennsylvania Cup Cheese. 624 
Seen in New York Shops.... 624 
Needs of An Infant’s Outfit.624, 625 
Yeast for Bread and Buns. 625 
Canning Herring Roe. 625 
Embroidery Designs . 625 
Scotch Oat Cake; Com and Oat Gems.626 
Honey Cake with Cornmeal. 625 
MISCELLANEOUS 
The Open Fireplace and Heat. 611 
Evaporating Sweet Corn in a Greenhouse... 611 
Evaporated and Dehydrated Food. 613 
Sugar from All Maples.618 
Filter for a Cistern. 630 
Drag Saw for Cutting Wood. 630 
Leak in Watering Trough; Cinders in Con¬ 
crete .. 630 
The Price of Wool 
(Coutimiod from page 02.3) 
imagine the show ho has to get a .iust 
Iirice. He Ciin help himself some by union 
and eo-operation for sale and for informa¬ 
tion leading up to it. Alone he can he 
picked off easily, but the ideas he can get 
from others, and a pooling of issues will 
give strength. All the wool is needed, 
and wanted badly, and will be sought, and 
the grotver need have no fears that ht' 
will be an extortioner, because he will not 
get too much. In some sections therc^ are 
county a.s.sociations, and smaller bands, 
and the .State agricultural colleges iiiui 
county agents are glad to advi.se when 
asked. The sheep rai.sers’ unions have 
always proved pleasurable and profitable. 
Not only has the selling of the w'ool paid 
but they have increased the number of 
sheep and their virility. It is an oppor¬ 
tune time now for sheep men to organize 
and discuss this subject, and it will pay 
them to have some busine.ss man from the 
nearest county association come and give 
them pointers. Tjik R. X.-Y. has had a 
good man.v columns for the promotion ^)f 
sheep, in fact began it when the subject 
was uni>oi)Ular, and now it. as well .as the 
writer, want.s to see realization on tlu^ in¬ 
vestment. W. W. BEY.NOI.DS. 
Ohio. 
DO YOU 
NEED 
FARM 
HELP? 
We have many .able-bodied young 
men, mostly without farming 
e.vperience, who wish to work 
on farms. If you need a good, 
steady, sober man, write for an 
orderblank.Ours is a philanthrop¬ 
ic organization and we make no 
charge to employer or employee. 
THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOOETY 
176 Second Avenae N. Y. City 
If in Need of Farm or Garden Help 
of any description, write to Mr. G. M. Hessels, Secre¬ 
tary of theAgricultural and Industrial LaborRelief, 
1123Uroadway,NewYork. All services rendered free. 
32 ACRES—$3 800 
stock, crops, tools included. Spring crops planted. 
Chestnut loam soli. Comfortable buildings. View. 
Depot and I’erkioinen Iliver 6 minuteB walk. Illustrated 
catalogue de.scribes this and other JIontgoniery-Biicks 
County offerings surrounding Philadelphia on request. 
H. C. REESE A SON, 6 East Airy Street, Norristown, Pa. 
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 subscribers only. 
Dealers, jobbers and general manufacturers' announcements 
not admitted here. Poultry, Efirfirs and other live stock adver¬ 
tisements will ffo under proper headinirs on other pasos. 
Seed and Nursery advertisements will not be accepteufor 
this column. 
Copy must reach us not later than Friday morning 
to appear in the following week's issue. 
Farixi Help Wanted 
W.VNTED—First class dry-hand milkers, able 
to milk 30-35 cows twice daily. No other 
work. IVages S60 and board per month. Ad¬ 
dress ADVEItTlSEIl 3094, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
WANTED—Single man for barn and dairy on 
Guernsey place; strictly sober antT elean. dry- 
band milker; state wages expected and send ref¬ 
erence'. H. H. MEADER, .Supt. Oakhursf Farm, 
Millerton, N. y. 
W-VNTED—Garden supervisor for children, adult 
and truck gardeners for five mouths begin¬ 
ning May 1st. P.EUI.IN CHAMHElt OF COM¬ 
MERCE, Berlin, N. H. 
WANTED—.\-l all around woman early for 
.'Summer boarding-house of .50 gne.sts; good 
wages to right party. ADVERTISER 4058, care 
Rural New-Y'orker. 
WANTED—Capable farm gardener on gontle- 
niau’s country estate, Westchester Co., New 
York: single, without incumbrances; steady 
place; also reliable potiltryinan. sttpEKiN- 
TENDENT, Box 425. Katonab, N. Y. 
W-VNTED—Dairyniun and barn man for up-to- 
date barn; must tlioroughly und'erstaiul dairy 
work and must he a good butter-maker and neat 
worker; married man preferred for Mav 1. 
BROOKL.VWN FARMS, Morris Plains, N. j. 
W.VNTED—Capable, refined person as house¬ 
keeper for cottage on country estate; family 
two or four; plain cooking, laundry of table and 
bed linen; no farm or drudgery work: an excep¬ 
tional place for woman of charaeter. I'XTISI'AL, 
Katonah, N. Y. 
WANTED—June 1 to October 1. reliable man 
and wife for girls’ Summer ennip in New 
Tlatnitshire; man for care of horses, garden, 
lawn and general utility; woman, cooking or 
housework. .Vddress, with references and wages 
expected. Dr. CHARLES A. EASTMAN, 1902 
G. St. N. W. Washington, 1). C. 
W.VNTED—A married woman to board men on 
a farm; only a neat, competent, good cook 
will do; have work for husband on the farm: a 
woman witli small children not suited for the 
position: send references with aitplication. 
FDRSGATE FARM, Jamesbiirg, N. J. 
W.VNTED—Single man to work in dairy barn; 
must 1>e a good milker and willing tN’orker for 
M. -iy 1. BROOKL.VWN FARMS, Morris Plains, 
N. J. 
WANTED—Two women for plain, general cook¬ 
ing, three young ladies to wait in dining-room; 
qiiiek and active service required. Address 
PROPRIETOR y. M. C. A. Dining-l’oom. Ports- 
inoutli, Va. 
W.VN'I'ED—A capable, energetic middle-aged 
woman (American) in a small American fam¬ 
ily; must be a good plain cook and reliable 
lionsekeeper; reference to bo guaranteed. Ad¬ 
dress by letter .MRS. W. A. IIUNGERFORD, 
227 Hillside Av., Wuterbnry, Conn. 
WANTED—'Working caretaker and manager for 
gentleman’s country place, garden, farm, and' 
fish and game preserve; permanent job; nnist be 
married, d'raft exempt, total abstinence, thor¬ 
oughly honest, vigorous, willing, industrious, 
vogetaltle gardener, ponltryman, stockman, but¬ 
ter maker, liorseinan, woodsman, and, preferably, 
also antoist; wife good cook, willing to board 
lielp when required; satisfjietory salary besides 
use of separate cottage, nine rooms, including 
bathroom; wood fuel free; location, central New 
York State near Adirondacks. 'Write, stating 
qiiajifieations and references, to ADVERTISER 
4057, care Rural New-Yorker. 
W.VNTED--—Tenant farm hand and teamster; 
one single farm hand and teamster: no boosers 
or idlers need apply. Adilress GLEN ROCK 
FA R.M, Springwater, N. Y. 
• IRCIIARD POULTRY FARM, Fleinington, N. J., 
wants two strong men for to help through the 
harvest season, July and August. 
WANTED—Cook and also housemaid for family 
of five; good wages: fiunily go to sn-acoast in 
Slimmer; references required'. .MRS. WILLLV.M 
B. WOOD, Hudson, N. Y. 
ASSISTANT POULTRYMAN, uiiderslaiid dry- 
picking; state wages wanted, witli Imard and 
room; give nationality. WM. IT. MACKENZIE, 
Bellport, L. I. 
TV.VN'TED—Ilerds.man for pnrehreil Holstein 
lierd; twenty milking cows; ifOO and board, 
with possibility of advancomeut; references re¬ 
quired. WOODS'l'DCK FARMS, Widowater, Va. 
WANTED—Country woman; keep house for mid¬ 
dle-aged couple; small cottage; good, jienna- 
nent liome; kind treatment. >IRS. WKTMORE, 
Baldwin, I.ong Island. 
W.VNTED—4 (o 0 men country estate. West¬ 
chester County; capable ineii for liglit farm 
woj'k; board and aecomniodations the best; 
wages ?.35 to -84(1 iter month; more if worthy. 
SUPT., Box 425, Katona, N. Y. 
WANTED—'Working foreman for general farm; 
single; good milker; steady position; state 
age, refereiiee, and salary expected in first let¬ 
ter. FARM MANAGER, Retreat, Pa. 
Situations Wanted 
WANTED—Position by practical dairyman or 
beriisinan; single: no draft; Swedish; 1 thor- 
onglily nnd'erstand purebred Jerseys; good milker 
!tw] lirst-elass butter-maker; A1 rcDtrence; open 
for May 1st; prefer private place. ADVER¬ 
TISE It 40.55, rare Rural New-Yorker. 
TWO YOUNG MEN, 18, students New York 
.State School .\grienlture, some experience; de¬ 
sire position, dairy or general farm, until Sept. ] 
15tb. F-VLLER. 2707 Broadway, New- York. 
MAN, 38, with sistei-, and elderly aunt, want 
work on a farm; all workers; preferably with 
bucbelor or widower; wages .‘ii.50 moutlily; some 
expcrieiieo. .T.\MES S.VY'RE, 320 West 83d .St., 
New York City. 
5VANTED—Position by tenuieratc, practical 
man, 57, to do general repair ■work on gentle¬ 
man's estate, or institution. BOX 370, Wake¬ 
field, R. 1. 
FARMER—American, married, age 31, capable 
in any branch of farming, dairy preferred; 
further particnlms upon request. BOX 145, 
Middletown, N. J. 
F.VRMER, Gardener, Working foreman, mar¬ 
ried, age 32; many years’ practical experi¬ 
ence; stock, poultry, general crops, vegetables, 
flowers, fruit, etc.; up-to-date methods; teinix'r- 
ate and reliahle. ADVERTISER 4004, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
Farms For Sale, to Rent, etc. 
COJIilERCIALLY profitable 35-acre fruit farm 
for sale; complete succession from June to 
Noveniher; in first-class horticultural condition; 
Colonial house, eleven rooms: ample outbuild¬ 
ings; two miles from Newburgh, N. Y., on State 
road, overlooking the river. Call on or address 
WM. McG.VNN, Newburgh, N. Y., Star Route. 
FOR SATjE—P oultry farm eontaining 15 acres, 
one-fourth mile from town of 3..500 popnl.atiou, 
with splendid schools and ehurelies, situated on 
Du Pont Boulevard; farm equipped as follows: 
incubating capacity, 9,000 eggs; brooding ca¬ 
pacity, 12,000 chicks; laying houses Cor 4,000 
liens; 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 EG(i FARM, Milford, Del. 
WANTED—Furnished house with garden for 
Vegetables; May to November; also instruc¬ 
tions in gardening. ADVERTISER 4053, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
A ItEAL BARGAIN IN .V NEW YORK DAIRY 
Eanii, beautifully situated in Columbia (bounty. 
127 miles from New York; 231 acres, composed 
of 40 acres pasture, 12 acres woods, and 5 acres 
oreliard; remainder good land and all tillable; 
barn 35x90, basement, cement Hoor, 29 stan- 
ehions; silo; new, small house, modern. Owner 
must saeritiee, for can’t run even a good fni'in 
127 miles away, with labor conditions as tliey 
are now; but it’s a real bargain for a practical 
dairyman who is on the job and knows how. 
Price .$.50 per acre. For particulars, write 
ADVERTISER 40(>0, care Rural New-Yorker. 
TO LEASE, on advantageous terms, a fifty-acre 
farm in New Jersey, equipped with all build¬ 
ings, liicltiding moirern chicken bouses for 1,000 
chickens, within 2 miles of a city of 40,000 and 
23 miles from New Y'ork. Address ROOM 805, 
101 Park Av., New York, N. Y. 
ORCHARD F.VRM FOR SALE—A fine, all-round 
farm, 800 young trees, l.OtX) bids, a year, good 
buildings, pleasantly located. Write to 0. A. 
BItYANT, R. F. D. 2, Livermore Falls, Maine. 
FOR SALE—Fine farm of 2.50 acres iui Clian- 
tanqna County, N. Y.; good buildings, with 
or without complete stock of Holstoins, horses 
and sheep. CLARENCE E. W1IJ>LVMS. 109 
White Bldg., Utica, N. Y. 
MARRIED M.VN, 'with own help, wants to rent 
good farm with tools and some stock; best of 
reasons for making change so late. ADVER¬ 
TISER 40(;3, care Rural New-Y'orker. 
WANTED—.Small farm or country home, 5 to 20 
acres, within five miles of New York Central 
or New Haven R. R., and forty miles from New 
Y’ork City; house must be In first-class condition 
’iml not exceeding eight rooms; give full par¬ 
ticulars and lowest price in first letter, 'witli 
pliotos. which will he returned. .Vddress .T. B. 
WAGNER, Fernbrook St., Yonkers, N. 5'. 
FOR SALE—Choice farms in Sonthofii Vermont. 
Write owners. APHIN & BUGBEE, Putney, Vt. 
FOR REN'l'—Poultry, fruit and market garden 
farm; 13 acres; fully equipped; all modern 
eonvoniences; rnniihig water in all buildings: in 
cxcliango for uiikoep; vegetables and fruit for 
small family. BOX 151, West Nyack, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Ponltr.v lot; about 1 aere; Iionse, 
well; other buildings. Address ALMA VAN- 
5V1NKLE, U 1, Allenwood, Pa. 
FOR SALE—Community hatchery and poultry 
plant in central Pennsylvania; 1,000 S. C. 
White Leghorns, 10,400-egg Blue Hen incubator, 
.$3..500 casli, to close partnership. ADVERTISER 
4042, care Rural New-Yorker. 
ESTABLISHED poultry business, well adver¬ 
tised, fully equipped; a high-class custom; 
housing capacit.v, 1,500 hens; brooding capacity, 
2,500 chicks; incubator, new, 0,000 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. 
W.VNT,’ TO RENT, with option of buying small 
farm, 40 to 80 acres; good buildings, suitable 
for boarding bouse; good land and' within lOO 
miles of New Y'oik. ADVERTISER 4000, <nie 
Rural New-Yorker. 
Miscellaneous 
FOR SALE—Best quality maple syrup .$2.25 per 
gal.; 15 gals, or more to one address .$2.10. 
GEORGE FOR.MAN, Pawlet, Vt. 
FOR S.VLE—“Air-Tiglit” power sprayer, new 
last Spring; perfect running order; 200-gaIloii 
tank; made by Air-Tight Steel Tank Co. HENRY 
H. ALBERTSON, Burlington, N. J. 
FOR SAI.E—Two John Deer gang plows; one 
live-gang, 14-incIi bottom; one three-gang, 14- 
incli bottom. Have had them six years, but 
have never used them since the first year. For 
sale cheap. SODU.S FRUIT FARM, Inc., So- 
dns, N. Y. 
W.VN'I'ED—Pop corn on the ear; 191i! crop pre¬ 
ferred; must be sound, well matured and in 
good popping condition. BURROUGHS BROS., 
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. 
FOR SALE—4 Hill colony brooders, large size, 
1917; used once; cost this year $42; will sell 
for $2(1 each. WHITI-'IELD B. CASE, Three 
Bridges, N. J. 
YARN for Red Cross socks; clean, scoured, all 
wool: no dye nor shodd'.v; ton to twelve socks 
from sixteen ounces; $3.25; reduction for quan¬ 
tity. O. B. GUANCELL, 6.53 E. Penu St., Ger¬ 
mantown, Pa. 
FOR SALE—Two Hall coal stove colony brood¬ 
ers, good condition; eight dollars each. E. B. 
STARR, West Cornwall, Conn. 
FDR SALE—My dairy outfit: 3-unit Sharpies 
milker. Sharpies turbine separator, turbine 
tester, manure and ensilage cars and track. 3 
li. p. steam engine, 4 b. p. steam boiler. King 
2 in., I stable ventilator, never unerated; belts, 
iack shaft, pulleys, etc.; all or any part. J.V.MES 
P. LONG, Naples, N. Y. 
FOR SALK—6 tons of dough scrap; finest I'eeil 
for pigs on market; price .$20 per ton f. o. Ii. 
Whitestone, L. I. BEN. BEYER. 
TRACTOR FOR SALE—Mogul 8-16, used only 
one week; in storage for year; now at Rye, 
N. Y. Apply ADVERTISER 4065, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
A Concrete Garage is Safe 
Economical and Everlasting 
Why risk keeping a valuable automobile in an ordinary 
building? You can build an everlasting, fireproof, rust-proof, 
danger-proof garage of concrete. The floor of a concrete 
garage cannot become saturated ■with oil, and the walls cannot 
burn. It is easy and costs little to build a strong, durable 
garage with 
ALPHAIsrCEMENT 
REFINED AMERICAN WIDOW wishes house- 
kceiier’s iiosifioii. ADVERTISER 4050, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
I’OSJTION wanted by May 15 as teamster on 
general farm; experienced farm band; enemy 
alien, 27, strictly sober, honest worker, and best 
of references. ADVERTISER 4059, eare Rural 
New-5'orker. 
I’OSITION wanted by a tliorougbly proficient 
general farm and jirivate estate manager of 
proven ability and exeeptional record; present 
position includes sneeessfnl management of one 
of the most extensive and prominent private 
estates in the East; well qualified in construc¬ 
tion, improvements. reclamatioi> of soil and 
animals. WILLARD BEST. Claverack, N. Y. 
Y'OI'NG M.VN (18), with excellent habits and 
references, wishes general farming, dairying, 
fruit growing. ADVERTLSKR 4062, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
M.VN.VGEK, married, no ehildren, wishes situa¬ 
tion as manager on gentleman’s farm; thor¬ 
oughly understands all branches of farming, also 
breeding and raising of stock; sober; best age 
45; nationality Irish. ADVERTISER 4061, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
W.VNTED—Position as manager or herdsman on 
certified milk farm; steady, .sober and abso¬ 
lutely sure I know the business: know liow and 
like to work. ADVEKTI8BR 4054, eare Rural 
New-Yorkei'. 
We guarantee every bag of ALPHA Cement invariably to 
meet the standard specifications for strength. Expert chemists 
test ALPHA hourly during the making to make sure that 
every ounce is pure, live, active and of full strength. When 
you once use ALPHA Cement you will always insist upon it 
in the future. 
We will give you plans for the above garage and tell you how to build it. Call today 
and get also a copy “ALPHA Cement—How to Use It.” 96 pages, illustrated. We 
have also the practical ALPHA Service Sheets on the following subjects: 
—Walkway 
—Driveway 
—Small Bridge 
—Culvert 
—Foundation 
—Barn 
—'Water Trough 
—Gutter and Curb 
—Silo 
—Poultry House 
—Corn Crib 
—Storage Cellar 
—Small Dam 
—Greenhouse 
—Hotbed 
—Hog House 
—Steps 
—Porch Floor 
—Cellar Floor 
—Stable Floor 
—Feeding Floor 
—Smoke House 
—Milk House 
—loe House 
—Spring Hotise 
—Manure Pit 
—Septic Tank 
—Dipping Vat 
■—Tanks 
—Tennis Court 
—Concrete Koof 
—Piers for Small 
Boats 
—Fence Posts 
—Gate Posts 
—Garden Furniture 
—Walls 
—Sills 
—Lintels 
—Concrete Roads 
Alpha Cement Dealers of the East 
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