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TShe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
to grow an overgrowth of Rod clover? 
These overgrowths offer the only i)ossil)le 
avenue that I sec to a study of the func¬ 
tion of the nodule. It is the only guard 
we have against undertaking a work that 
can n(‘V('r succeed. 'J'he man who can 
duplicate (he overgrowth of Red clover 
can fill the capacious gaps in his knowl¬ 
edge. He is qualilied to study the sub¬ 
ject. W. II. AKNOI.D. 
Fifty Farmers in N. Y. Legislature 
.4.9 soon as the primary nominations 
arc made in your county we want you 
to send us the names, with their occupa¬ 
tions and records on farm matters. This 
will {five us a chance to look them up 
heforc election day, and tell our people 
ahoui them. 
The Primary at Its Best 
Up in Sullivan rounty, New York, 
they are trying to w'ork out just about the 
fine.st experiment in farm politics ever 
known in New York State. It has been 
said that Sullivan Tounty “has more 
politicians to the square foot than any 
other county in the State.” That is 
what you may call “going some,” yet it is 
nearly true. The farmers who have the 
best interests of Sullivan Uounty at heart 
despairi'd of getting rid of these politi¬ 
cians in th(‘ ordinary way, so they held a 
convention on .Inly 29 and nominated a 
fanner. Norman M. ^fisner, of ITas- 
hrouck. N. Y., for tin* .\ssemhly. They 
made (Indr wishes known so that there 
could he no mistake about it. This meet¬ 
ing -was held early, so as to give the 
county committee of either party a 
chance to endorse the farmers’ choice in 
the jirimary if they so desired. It was 
agreed to work on a strictly non-partisan 
ha,sis, asking no favors of any politician. 
Instead of going hat in hand, asking for 
favors, or knuckling down to any of the 
political leaders of the county, Mr. ]Mii-k 
ner decided to come right out in tlie 
ojien and ask the farmers of the county 
to write his name on the primary ballot. 
Thus, instead of coming out as a party 
man, he a.sked the farmers of both jiarties 
to nominate him. Roth of the old jiar- 
ties designated farmer candidates of their 
own in order to beat Mr. Misner as the 
farmers’ choice. The news]tapers of the 
chunty will do little to help this non¬ 
partisan campaign, and thus we have 
the issue put sciuarely up to the rural 
voters of Sullivan County. They arc 
asked on primary day to write Mr. Mis- 
ner’s name on their ballots. This wdll 
be primary nomination at its best, and 
the outcome of this will be W’atched with 
interest everywdiere. It is the first time 
such a situation has arisen, and thus the 
farmers of Sullivan County have the fin¬ 
est chance in the Avorld to show' that they 
mean business and will support one of 
their own number, liranches of the 
Dairynum’s League and local Granges 
are taking a hand in the campaign by 
endorsing Mr. Misner, and The R. N.-Y. 
asks every one of its Sullivan County 
readers to come out on primary day and 
write Mr. Misner’s name on their ballot, 
'riiis is tlie best way in wdiich they can 
sign a warrant for their owm political 
freedom. They need have no fear about 
Mr. ISIisner. He is a farmer, born and 
raised inside that county, lie has a good 
education and is an intelligent and iiro- 
gressive farmer. lie is married and has 
.a family of four children, and has lived 
on his owm farm for tlie past five years. 
He went through four years as^ a suc¬ 
cessful school teacher, and there is no 
better way of learning what farmers need 
and Avhat they W'ant. Send Mr. Misner 
to Albany and you will have a man there 
you can tinist. He wall stand without 
hitching, you will know w'hei’e he is, and 
there will he at least one man at the 
State Capitol who puts the fanner and 
his business first of all. What a won¬ 
derful chance the farmers of Sullivan 
County have to help put one of those 50 
farmers in the New York Legislature! 
A Chance for a Farmer 
Another agricultural congressional dis¬ 
trict in New York is the Forty-third, em¬ 
bracing the counties of Allegany, Cat¬ 
taraugus and Chautauqua. This is an¬ 
other strong Republican district—and 
dominated entirely by farmers. There is 
a hot fight for the primary nomination 
between lawyers and business men, and 
Ahis W'ill give a fair chance to elect a 
farmer if some rejue.sentative man can 
he nominated and an organized fight made 
for him. 
A Farmer for Congress 
The Thirty-fourth Congressional Dis¬ 
trict of New York comiirises the counties 
of Delaware, Otsego, ('henango and 
Broome. Agriculture ju-edominates as an 
industry in this district, hut for years it 
has never been ri'iiresented by <a farmer. 
One of the strange things about New 
York rural districts is tlie fact tliat fann¬ 
ers. while dominating in numbers and in 
Julius E. Rogers of Broome Co., N. T. 
their business, have rarely selected farm¬ 
ers to stand for them in Congress. Law¬ 
yers and business or professional men, 
chiefly politicians, have represented the 
farmers of New York. As a result, 
whenever big (piestions, of great import¬ 
ance to agriculture, have come up, there 
has been no one at Washington to take 
jiersonal interest in them. What is worse, 
the farmers have gained the reputation of 
not caring whether they an* represented 
by the hired men or by a member of the 
family. Farmers in this Thirty-fourth 
District now have a chance to send a 
farmer to Congress. .Tulius E. Rogers of 
Broome County has entered the primary 
as a candidate on the Republican ticket, 
A nomination on this ticket is usually 
ciiuivalent to an eh'ction, and thus the 
lirimary will decide it. Here is a chance 
for the farmers of Broome, Chenango, 
Delaware and Otsego to send a farmer to 
Congress. Mr. Rogers will represent 
them fairly. It is the best chance these 
farmers have had in years. A farmer for 
Congress! 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC.—Evidence in the hands 
of Alfred ij. Becker, Deputy Attorney- 
General, made public at New York Aug. 
S, described certain activities of Dr. Wil¬ 
liam Bayard Hale in connection with the 
labor movement for peace here in 1915, 
and gave in detail an account of Dr. 
Hale’s alleged relations with the German 
Foreign Office in .lune and .Tuly, 191(5. 
The testimony of one man w'as to the 
effect .that Aug. 21, 1915, Dr. Hale had 
given ,$400 in currency to an agent of 
the Central Federated Union for defray¬ 
ing the expenses of a mass meeting to he 
held the following day in Carnegie Hall 
to protest aganst the war. At the same 
time Dr. Hale requested the agent, Ernest 
Rohm, secretary of the (’entral Fiulerated 
T’nion, to jiresent resolutions he had 
already drawn up for passage at the meet¬ 
ing. The resolution w'ore amended by a 
committee before being ailopted. on the 
ground that they were too drastic in de¬ 
nouncing a war with Germany. 
Fires, both of mysterious origin, dam¬ 
aged tw'o vessels lying at jiiers on the 
south shore of Staten Island Aug. 9, and 
resulti'd in investigations by the author¬ 
ities. Prompt work by the Staten Island 
firemen saved both ships from destruction, 
though it was necessary to flood the hold 
of each and let them sink to the bottom 
before the flames could be extinguished. 
I'he steam lighter .lennie F. w’as damaged 
to the extent of .$10,000, while the 
steamer ^Mexico suffered damage to ship 
and cargo of about .$75,000. 
Because he refused to be inoculated and 
thus might be an aid in siireading disease, 
('harles C. Rodoliih, at Camp T'pton, 
N. Y., has been smitenced to twent.v years 
at Leavenworth and dishonorahl.v dis^ 
charged from the army. Rodolph said he 
did not care if the whole army perished 
from an epidemic. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The War 
Department authorizes the following: 
During the first seven month.s of the pres¬ 
ent year the army i-equired 1,012.919 
cases of evaporated milk. This number 
of cases is equivalent to 77,991,024 
quarts of fresh milk, and it took apjiroxi- 
mately 50 milk concerns to furnish this 
amount. Evaporated milk is an imiior- 
tant element entering into the soldier’s 
ration. It is even more imiiortant in 
France than in this country, for there the 
rate of actual consumption by the .Amer¬ 
ican troops is four times the allowance 
specified in the army ration. I’he Sub¬ 
sistence Division of tlie (juarti'rmaster 
Gorjis exercise's great care to see that the 
milk IS in sterile condition and that it 
contains the required percentage of fats 
and solids when it reaches the soldiers. 
Every car of milk for the army is in¬ 
spected and chemical analysis made be¬ 
fore being issued for consumptimi. 
Exci'ssive heat and dry weather during 
.Tuly greatl.v damaged the corn cro]) in 
Missouri, according to the monthl.v reiiort 
of the State Itoard of Agriculture. The 
condition of corn drojijied 19 jioints dur¬ 
ing the last month, the condition now 
being 72 per cent, as against 91 per cent 
at the last estimate a month ago. 'Phe 
e.st5mated yield drop)ied from 225,022,000 
bushels to 185.4.99,470. 
(’harles B. Barnes, acting director of 
the Enited States Emiiloymont Service 
in the State of New York, announced 
Aug. 9 the rules that w’ill govern the 
hiring of unskilled labor. Fee-charging 
employment agencies are iirohibited from 
accepting orders for unskilled male work¬ 
ers from firms within or without the 
State. All such orders must be referred 
to .a Federal emidoyment office. Firms 
recruiting unskilled male workers in the 
State must first procure a permit from 
the Federal director. A permit is also 
requii’od for advertising for unskilled 
male workers. The prohibitions do not 
cover railroad laborers, miners or farm 
help. The new regulations are expected 
to stabilize the labor market. Every em¬ 
ployer engaged in war work will be given 
an opportunity of obtaining necessary 
labor. 
The Secretary of Agriculture has desig¬ 
nated Prof. G. I. (^hristie and L. !M. 
Est,Tbrook, assistants to the_ Secretary.^ to 
represent the department in connection 
w'itli the making of loams to farmers in 
Western States who have suffered crop 
failures during the last two ye.ars from 
the .$5,900,090 fund set aside recently by 
President Wilson. Professor Christie will 
have charge of the Nortlnvest section, 
and Mr. Estahrook of the Central and 
Southwest region. A meeting'of 15 county 
agents in the drought-stricken areas of 
Montana was called by Professor Christie 
at Helena, IMont., August 12. At this 
meeting matters pertaining to the work of 
the dejiartment in connection with the 
loans were discussed. An office is to be 
established at) Great Falls, Mont., where 
the work connected with the loan will be 
conducted. Mr. Estabrook held a similar 
conference of county agents at Kansas 
Stiite Agricultural College, Manhattan, 
Kan., August 12 to 14. He also will con¬ 
fer with the Governors of Kansas and 
Oklahoma, and on August 1.5 meet with 
ofliciiils interested in the matter at Wich¬ 
ita, Kan., where headuarters will be e.s- 
tablished. 
The National Dairy Show. Avhich will 
be held at Columbus. O., in October, an¬ 
nounces the following breed days_: 
Mondiiy, October 14, Ayrshire and 
Browm Swiss Day : Tuesday, October 15, 
.Tersey Diiy; Wednesday, October 1(5, 
Guernsey Day; Thursday, October 17, 
Hohstein Day. The International Milk 
Dealers’ convention is October 14 and 
15. The National Ice Cream Manufac¬ 
turers’ convention is October 17 and IS. 
The American Dairy Science Association 
and other conventions of National and 
local import will be .scheduled later. There 
is ahso to be a very extensive govern¬ 
mental lecture and demonstration pro¬ 
gramme, as well as exhibit, which will 
incorporate many local conventions. 
Coming Farmers' Meetings 
State Bean Growers’ Co-operative As¬ 
sociation, Fillmore, N. Y., Aug. 91. 
National Association of Gardeners, an¬ 
nual convention, Cleveland, ()., Sept. 
24-20. 
International Milk Dealers’ convention, 
Columbus. ()., Oct. 14-15. 
Natioiml Ice Cn'iim Manufacturers’ 
convention, Columbus, ()., Oct. 17-18. 
Aiigu.st 24, Itll.S 
Mr. Wheat Grower—-n 
Plan early for fall seeding 
—carefully prepare seed¬ 
bed—arrange for fertilizer 
—sow good seed wheat 
of the right variety—sow 
“Hoffman’s 
Seed Wheat” 
Grown in famous Lancas- 
Wheat Belt—known in 
every section for its hardi¬ 
ness — vitality — produc- 
Is reliable—means 
increased yields wherever 
taken to be sown. 
varieties —smooth and 
bearded sorts—graded—sound 
cleaned clean — free of rye, 
cockle^ garliCt chess, smut. 
Shown here is the head of 
"Leap’s Prolific’’ variety — 
yielding 35 to 46 bushels per 
acre. 
Seed must please you. Sold 
on Money Back Plan. Costs 
very little per acre to change 
to “Hoffman’s Seed.” 
“Hoffman’s Wheat Book” 
De.scribes varieties—offers 
other farm seeds. It is free— 
with samples—if you tell where 
you saw this offer. Write for 
it today. 
A. H. HOFFMAN, Inc. 
Landisville, Lancaster C«., Pa. 
GrowRegisteredSeed 
Of the follinving pedigreed varieties developed at 
the Michigan AKrioultiiral Coliege and liiKpeoted, 
Approved and Itegisteied by the Michigan Crop 
Iniproveinent Association. 
RED ROCK WHEAT 
A pure, winter hardy, excellent inilling, high yield¬ 
ing wlieat. 
MICHIGAN WINTER BARLEY 
The best noi tliern grown Winter Parley. 
ROSEN RYE 
Tlie rye that has nearly doubled Michigan’s acre 
yields and is giving exceptionally good result.s in 
many otlier states. Jtemenibcr, rye ci’oss fertilizes, 
so get pure seed fi’oni farmers who have produced 
it under inspection. 
For list of those, having it for sate write the Seere- 
iary of the Michigan Crop Improvement Association 
J. W. NICOLSON. East Lansing, Michigan 
C0n« 
We have several bearded and beardless 
varieties, all well cleaned and carefully 
selected. Also Rosen and White Rye. 
Ask for catalog 
0. M. scon & SONS CO.. 243 Man Si.. MarjSTiUe.Ohio 
sn 
SEED RYE 
We have a'limited supply of seed rye, GROWN BY 
US. (NOT FOR US) passing HIGH AIILL.1NG 
QUALITIKS, VERY LAKGE YIELDlNti 
Strong I.ONti straw and in evoiy resi.ect 
a SURKRIOR RYE. Orders will be booked in 
the order received at S5.00 per bushel. 
Brookdale Farm, Hrewater, Putnam Co , N. Y. 
Pot-Grown and Runner 
Strawberry Plants 
For August and Fall planting, will hear fruit next sum¬ 
mer. Also KtKPlIKKKV, I) I,A 0 K II K K It Y, (iOOSKHKUHV, 
t'lIKRl.N’I', A K l> A U A (J I' S, (IKAl'K I'l.A.NTN, KllflT TIIKES, 
BHKbBH. Catalogue free. HARRT L. SQUIRES, Good Ground,N. Y. 
Strawberry Plants For Sale 
Layer plants for Aug., Sept, and Fall set’ing. Fifty varie¬ 
ties to select from, including the fall-bearing. Send for 
catalog and pricelist. J. KEIF FORD HALL. R. No. 2. Rhodoidole, Md. 
Aenaraaiic ROOTS, HORSERADISH SETS. CABBAGE. 
MSpcirilSUS beets, ONION PLANTS. LETTUCE. TOMA. 
TOES. EGG PLANTS, PEPPERS and CAULIFLOWER PLANTS. 
Send for Price List. J. C. Schmitlt, Brietol, Pa. 
High Grade W infer Wheat For Sale 
at $3.50 per bu. Elm Leigh Farm, Putney, Vt. 
QPFn WHPAT 100 bush. Leaps Prolific. Clean seed. 
OLLU nUEHl pnre strain. Write for prices. 
POPLAR HILL FARM, Wallingford, Conn. 
Standard Apple BARRELS 
Prompt shipment. Robt. Gillies, Medina, N. Y. 
CORN HARVESTER 
One-man, one-horse, one-row, self-gathering. Equal to a 
corn binder. Sold to fanners for 23 years. Only $26, ivith 
fodder binder. Free catalogue showing pictures of har¬ 
vester. I'llOOESS COK.N IIAUVKSTKK CO., Hallna, Kon>ua 
E have books on 
all subjects of 
farming by rec¬ 
ognized authorities. 
Write us and we will 
quote you prices .*. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 WesL 30Lh SLreeL, New York 
