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The Rural New-Yorker 
THE BUSINESS FARMER'S PAPER 
A National Weekly Journal lor Country and l!>uburban Jlomen 
EstabUs)icA isso 
riiblldbrd weekly by the RurmI PnbliRbinfr t'ompany, 333 tVest 30th Street. New York 
Ukrbkrt W. Coi-i-ingwood, I’resident and Kditor. 
John J. Dillon, Treasurer and General Manafcer. 
Wm. F. Dii-lon, Secretary. Mr.s. E. T. ){ovlk, Associate Editor. 
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“A SQUARE DEAL” 
tVe believe that every advertisement in this paper is backed by a respon¬ 
sible iterson. Wo use every ito.ssible itrecaution and admit the advertising of 
reliable houses only. But to make doubly sure, we will make Rood any loss 
to iiaid subwribers sustained by trustinR any deliberate swindler, irrespon¬ 
sible advertisers or misleadinR advertisements in our columns, and any 
such swindler will be publicly exposed. We are also often called upon 
to adjust differences or mistakes between our subscribers and honest, 
re^onsible houses, whether advertisei-s or not. We willinRly use our good 
offices to this end, but such cases should not be confused with dishonest 
transactions. We protect subscribers atfainst roRues, but we will not bo 
responsible for the debts bf honest bankrupts sanctioned by the courts. 
Notice of the complaint must be sent to us within one month of the time of 
the transaction, and to identify it. you should mention Thk Rdkal Nkw- 
Yorker when writiiiR the advertiser. 
T he federation of AOIUCELTURE is now 
liennaiiently organized. Ever.v rural township 
in the State of New A'ork should have a Unit of the 
Federation of Agriculture. Public-spirited ineii and 
women are needed to organize the Units. If you 
are willing to help, write for coyiies of the constitu¬ 
tion and by-laws and inforniation for organizing a 
Unit. 
The jiurpo.se is to increase the value of the .S5-cent 
dollar for producers, and to secure a sijuare deal 
for agriculture. We u'.ant 50 favRiers in the Leyis- 
Inturr. AVill you help? 
('ontrilnitions for organization inirposes are in¬ 
vited. FINANCE COMMITTEE. 
.Tohn J. Dillon, Chairman. 
TTI West 30th St, New York. 
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N aturally the letter sent out by or at least 
signed by the executive committee of the I>airy- 
men’s League has stirred up a lively di.scussion. All 
e-xeept a few partisans seem to agree that this letter 
cannot possibly do the League any good. There is a 
geiKTal feeling that personalities should he eliminat¬ 
ed and a broad discussion of broad principles be had. 
That will suit us exactly, and it was to bring about 
such a discussiun that Mr. R. 1). Cooper was publicly 
challenged to deflate the question before country au¬ 
diences through the daily districts. We feel that 
the present management of League affairs is oiien 
to grave criticism, and we think such criticism can 
be given so as to be constructive. In an open, demo¬ 
cratic organization, such as the Dairymen’s League 
is supposed to be, vital differences should be dis¬ 
cussed openly, and so that all members can under¬ 
stand. The proposed debate would fully air the mat¬ 
ter and .settle it—take it out of “per.soualities” and 
liring the facts home to every dairyman. We there¬ 
fore renew the challenge for an open debate on the 
policies of the present managers. Can they be de¬ 
fended publicly? 
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llnndreils of thousands of men who have never had a 
stake in the good things of this country will have fought 
and bled and died for America in the trenches before 
this war is done. When the survivors return, they will 
ask us whose country this is that they have been fighting 
for; and we must answer that it is theirs as much or 
more than any other man’s. The men fi'om all walks of 
life who have been lighting as comrades in the trenches 
will never again look on each other as ho.stiles. 
HERE is great ti’uth in that extract from a 
speech by Louis F. Post. The young men now in 
the Army will, on theii’ return, have very clear and 
detinite ideas about what they want. Following po¬ 
litical histoiw after our Civil War, the I’ettirning sol¬ 
diers Avill be likely to dominate the affairs of this 
country for 30 years at least. The Civil War veter¬ 
ans undoubtedly decided the election of five out of 
six Presidents jirevious to Roo.sevelt. We think these 
young men will say. when peace follows war, “Wc 
have made the world safe for democracy, and there¬ 
fore democracy helonys to us.” They will be jus 
tilled in saying it. And here is another thing they 
are now saying: 
“While Ave are fighting over here, Avhat are Dad 
and Uncle .Joe and Cousin Henry doing to make the 
Avorld sane for democracy Avhile Ave are making it 
safe?” 
The.se soldiers Avill never be satisfied Avith the old 
social and political conditions. What they mean by 
making the AAmrld sane for democracy is that they 
expect Dad and Uncle .Toe and the rest of the older 
men to shoAV political independence and lay the 
foundation for cleaner and fairer political effort. If 
Ave older men remain content to let the bosses and 
the politicians Avork us as they have done in the past, 
our boys will rightly feel that Ave have shirked our 
public job Avhile they have been Avorking on theirs. 
So, if Dad and Uncle .Toe fail them, our boys Avill 
turn to Mother and Aunt Kate and Cousin Mary for 
Oic RURAL NEW-YORKER 
that sane democracy. For Mother and the rest are 
voters noAA-, and they are not to be frightened away 
from political duties. 
T he Rochester, N. Y.. Herald is hunting for cases 
Avhich support its contention that farmers are 
making great money these days. On page 342 Ave 
printed Avhat the Herald had to say about Mr. Adank 
of Indiana and his cattle deal. Noav here is another 
for the Herald —a profit after its oAvn heart: 
The former owner of one place here couldn’t catch a 
sow when he left; she ran in a swamp. A year later 
the man got up a “pig hunt,” and with men and dogs 
captured the old sow and six offspring, weighing about 
20() pounds each. Tell Mr. Adank to buy a swamp, or 
rent one and a sow, and 120 per cent would look like a 
nickel with a hole in it. No one had seen the sow iluring 
the year. KLiiEitT av.a.kema.\. 
Maryland. 
We pa.ss the .sugg''stion on to the Herald. Surely 
a soAV and a SAvamp makes a great combination. 
Every city farmer should have one I 
a. 
A t the suggestion of the Covernment. AA* *e have 
asked readers to locate black Avalnut timber. 
The demand for this Avas said to be urgent. Many 
of our peojile have .such timber and want to sell it, 
but are unable to find any fair price for making a 
bargain. Thus many of them are at the mercy of 
army contractors who are likely to get the lion’s 
share of profit in the sale of this timber. The Goa-- 
ernment ought to establish some sort of price to 
cover the different grades and thus give the owners 
a fair chance to get Avhat they are entitled to. 
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W E firmly believe, as stated on the first page, 
that the neAv scientific discussion regarding 
the food value of milk Avill make the daiiy bu.siness 
rank above all other food production. Milk Avill rank 
as an ab.solute necessity, for Avithout mine-fed Amer¬ 
icans this nation cannot stand the strain that is com¬ 
ing in the future. The mere fact that milk is as 
great a necessity as coal or oil or sun.shine Avill not 
ensure a development of the dairy business. Dairy¬ 
ing is hard and confining AVork—in some Avaj's the 
most confining work of farming. The Avorld Avill be 
served Avith a full supply of milk and cream when 
the producers can feel that they are as Avell paid 
for their labor as are tho.se Avho produce other neces¬ 
sities. While it is true that scientific knoAvledge or 
its application has greatly increased the production 
of food.s, much of the pi*ofit from this development 
has gone to tho.se Avho handle and sell, rather than 
to the producers. This must not folloAV in the case of 
milk. Thus far scientific deA-elopment has not greatly 
increased the size of the 3.5-cent dollar, but evidently 
that dollar can only be increa.sed through organized 
and eo-o])erative Avork on the part of the producers. 
Now that milk is recognized as a necessity, the expe¬ 
rience Avith other necessities, such as coal, oil, meat, 
metal and clothing, proves that Ave must keep the 
distribution of this neAvly-found necessity in our 
own hands. It must not be delegated to middle¬ 
men and monopolies. The Dairymen’s League should 
start Avith the proposition that the present system of 
distribution is fundamentally Avrong. There should 
be no compi-omise or catering to it, hut ever.v thought 
and energy should be aimed at the plan of giving the 
man Avho milks the coav a share in the distribution 
of the milk. Let ns have done Avith the idea that 
our jiresent jdan of distribution is as much of a 
neces.sity as the milk itself. 
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I am enclosing last i.ssue of St. LaAvrence Co. Farm 
Bureau News, that you may see Avhat is being circulated 
among the 583 members of the Bureau. Home evil in¬ 
fluence is at Avork to poison the minds of the dairymen 
of the State, and thereby weaken the ever increasing 
influence of your paper, an influence that has done so 
much, and is ever doing for the dairy interests of the 
State. Allow me to assure j on of my loyalty to the 
staff that is making your jiaper what it i.s. 
AV. J. GRIFFIN. 
NUMBER of readers in St. LaAvrence Co. Avrite 
in the same Avay and send us copies of the 
Farm Bureau NeAVs for .Tune. ’Phis has on its first 
page a part of the abusive circular recently issued 
by Mr. Cooper of the Dairymen’s League. There is 
nothing to shoAV Avho Avrote it or Avhere it came from, 
and it is accepted by farmers as expressing the vieAvs 
of the Farm Bureau oflicers. There is no reason 
Avhy they should print this stuff, for it has been put 
out by the thousand copies. The Farm Bureau 
simply goes on record as attacking The R. N.-Y. 
This policy i.s opposed to the principles of fair jilay 
and independence—on Avhich the farm bureaus Avere 
organized. This, and mnch the .same Avork in other 
counties, indicates that some bureaus are falling 
into the control of politicians Avho do not express 
the real feelings of the members. We can easily 
prove this by a volume of correspondence like the 
July 20, 1918 
letter from Mr. Griffin. The fact is that the poli¬ 
ticians Avho really conqiosed and in.spired that cir¬ 
cular letter are being hit by a boomerang. Their 
object Avas not to help the League, for anyone capable 
of a moment’s thought can see that .such a circular 
could not possibly help our dairymen. Hoav, for 
example, can it possibly help NeAv York dairymen 
to spend ,$10,000 of their mone.v in sending this 
lying circular to poinis in Maine or California in 
an effort to injure The R. N.-Y.? The object of 
that circular Avas to play the usual game of dirty 
underhand politics in an effort to destroy any 
chance for farmers to take an independent part in 
electing candidates this Fall. The gun has kicked 
hack. Farmers see through the scheme, and Avill not 
be draAvn aAvay from their purpose. As for The 
R. N.-Y.. Ave have been through many liattles for the 
farmers and our record is open for inspection. Peo- 
Iile knoAv hoAv these fights haA’e turned out in the 
liast. and the glory of it is that Avhenever Ave come 
under fire the old friends rally as they ahvays have 
done—Avith full confidence in our motives. When 
the small men beat the drums and throAv mud they 
do us a service by bringing out the fighting army, 
AA’hich has ncA-er yet failed to go “OA-er the top.” 
They are veterans from the famous “cattle case” 
and other combats. 
S ECRETARY of the Interior F. K. Lane sug¬ 
gests that Congre.ss ajipropriate one billion 
dollars as a fund for locating and preparing public 
and unoccupied land for our soldiers Avhen they re¬ 
turn from Europe. This means a survey of all such 
lands AA’ith full descriptions. When the soldiers ri'- 
turn this land Avill be Avaiting for them, and the 
goA’ernment Avill arrange loans so that they can buy 
stock and equipment. There Avill be nothing of 
charity about this, but a straight business arrange¬ 
ment Avith the government. In the present temper 
of the people Congress is quite likely to agree to 
such a plan. During and after the Civil War vast 
tracts of public lands Avere opened for free settle¬ 
ment. Many soldiers Avent West and occupied these 
lands. The government did not protect or help them 
fully, and there Avas great loss and suffering. The 
failure to finance these pioneers properly led to the 
great industrial revolt .30 years ago. With all this 
experience the government can hoav jirovide for its 
soldiers and give them a fairei' chance on the land. 
This Avork must not be confined to the Far West. 
We need many of these soldiers on our Ea.stern 
farms— uoav unoccujned or only half Avorked. We 
can offer them good opportunities, and Ave should 
all take a hand in seeing that jiart of the money to 
be used in preparing laud for the soldier is spent 
here. 
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T he Maryland Agricultural College reports a case 
Avhere cattle Avere killed by licking the paint 
scales from a signboard. An advertising signboard 
Avas put up in the jiasture. I’lie paint Avas not re¬ 
newed for some years, so that it curled and flaked off 
in patches. These flakes bleAV as far as 100 feet aAvay 
from the sign. The cattle licked them up. and also 
seemed to take the loo.se paint direct from the board. 
The cattle Avere taken sick, the poisoning being indi¬ 
cated by total blindness and indifference to being 
handled. Some of the animals died, and on analysis 
enough lead Avas found in the .stomachs to cause 
their death. Fresh-painted signs did not cause 
trouble. Where these signs are permitted in a pas¬ 
ture, a contract or stipulation .should be made that 
the paint is reneAved often enough to prevent scaling 
off, for there .seems to be no doubt that the loose 
paint is a menace to the cattle. 
Brevities 
Neav potash lakes are con.stantly being found in 
Nebra.ska. 
When a man strains after an effect the straining 
doesn’t make it clearer; it makes it lame, like a strain 
in the back. 
’JhiE Oklahoma (’ouncil of Defense has made the fol¬ 
lowing maximum prices for thrashing wheat: Seven 
cents where the fanner furnishes the labor, and 17 cents 
Avhere the thrasherman provides it. 
The poison spray for cabbage Avorms is one ounce of 
arsenate of lead paste (or half an ounce of poAvder) in 
one gallon of Avater. It should also contain a caki* of 
soap, about one cubic inch, to make the poison stick. 
’Phis should not he used after the heads form. 
I'liERE is much complaint among New England turkey 
raisers at the Avay the young poults are dying. The loss 
is heavier than usual. Gn the other hand, the gosling 
crop seems larger than ever. In Rhode Island the re¬ 
port is that many farmers are leaving the hen and going 
back to geese. 
