1232 
C%e RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 2, 1918 
believe, with his way of living and his 
way of keeping late hours, he eould stand 
it. From my observations and my ex- 
j)erienee I think that in the next 10 years 
there will have to be some law enacted 
to help the farmer, because every young 
man in this neighborhood is leaving the 
farm for the city. I cannot say what the 
result will be. But I do know what a 
farmer raises and brings to life is a prod¬ 
uct that is created by him and that he 
has not taken anything away from some¬ 
one el.se, and if he is successful he has 
not taken a cent’s value from somebody 
else, but has made our country richer by 
his success. O. w. 
One of the Fifty Farmers 
I’an.M'r.i of .Sullivan County took a de¬ 
termined stand this year to do their part 
in putting .oO farmers in the Legislature. 
They met at Liberty on ,7une 29 and 
nominated Norman M. Misner for the 
As.sembly. The Republican and Demo- 
WilUam J. Brown 
cratie organizations did not-indorse Mr. 
Mi.sner, but did nominate farmers. Wil¬ 
liam .7. Brown of .7of7ersonville was nom¬ 
inated by the Republicans and Chris 
Binger of I’erndale by the Democrats, 
both good legislative timber. Mr. Binger 
declined, and i\lr. Brown .succeeded in the 
primary and is the candidate on the Re¬ 
publican ticket. Mr. Brown is the pi'es- 
ont Master of the .7eirerson Grange, and 
is one of the practical and progressive 
farmers of the county. He is practically 
sure to be elected and. if so, farmers of 
the State as well as the farmers of Sul¬ 
livan County will be well and ably repre¬ 
sented. lie has the indorsement of Mr. 
Misner. and farmers of the county have 
indorsed him in a strong non-partisan 
resolution. 
Senator James E. Towner 
This paper knows no parti.san politics. 
It is influenced by no personal likes or 
dislikes. We are concerned only when 
politics touches the interests of the farm, 
and whether he likes it or not, whether 
he realizes it or not. politics reaches out 
and affects the revenue of the farm every 
day in the year. For this reason when 
we find a man in public office who plays 
fair with farm interests we want to do 
what we can to keep him there. Such an 
official is .Senator ,fames E. Towner of 
the Dutchess-Columbia District. When 
dairymen needed a friend in the T>egi.sla- 
ture Senator Towner was there, and he 
fought the fight for them. He was cau¬ 
tioned, and threatened and punished be¬ 
cause of his support of beneficial dairy 
legislation, but he refused to be soared or 
bluffed. He fought to the end. He can 
be trusted to do so ag.ain. We believe 
that every dairyman in the district who 
knows his record will vote to send him 
back without any reminder from us, but 
we; want the record to show that we do 
not forget the men who serve the interests 
of the farm. 
Wintering Bees; Feeding Calves and 
Brood Sows 
1. Will you tell me whi'^h would be the 
better place to put hon^^-bees, in the cel¬ 
lar or an outer building for the Winter, 
and about what time? Can you tell 
me a way to take the honey from 
the comb; that is, that there is no 
Avax with the honey? 2. I have two 
calves which I am raising and they are 
growing Avell. Would you give me a ra¬ 
tion with which to feed them? They are 
about two months old. I am feeding them 
now six pounds of Avhole milk twice a 
day and one quart of dried ships. Would 
two j)arts ships, two parts ground oats 
and one part oil meal be a good ration to 
feed them? .S. ^My father had a sow that 
farrowed about three weeks before she 
was due; the pigs wero dead. He was 
feeding her one quart of middlings and 
one quart of barley feed. Is barley feed 
good to feed j)lgs? Would you advise him 
to keep the sow over or butcher her? It 
was the second litter. ii. m. .s. 
Ulster Co., N. Y. 
L Outdoor wintering i.s probably safest 
for the amateur, if the bees are proj)erly 
protected. Before severe cold Aveather 
sets in the hives should be Avell i)acked 
AAith chaff, leaves, or similar material, 
leaving a small entrance opening for the 
use of the bees when they Avish to take a 
flight. Honoy kei)t in a Avarm place Avill 
drain from the comb if the latter is un- 
cap|)ed Avith a sharp knife. On any large 
scale it .Avill be nece.ssary to use an ex¬ 
tractor; .a machine devi.sed to Avhirl the 
uncapped combs, rapidly Avithin a large 
can. The centrifugal force throAvs the 
honey from the cell.s, leav'ing the ccmb 
undamaged for further u.se. 
2. Oats. Avhole or ground, wheat bran 
and middlings (shipstuff), corn or corn- 
meal. and oil meal are all suitable for a 
calf ration. When grain is fed, skim-milk 
Avill do as Avell as Avhole milk. Good hay 
should also be fed. An eight-weeks-old 
calf Avill eat two pounds of grain daily in 
addition to skim-milk and hay. Two 
parts of oats, tAvo parts of shii)stuff and 
one-half part of oil meal AA'ould make a 
good mixture. 
2. Barley feed, though not Avhole ground 
barley, would be a suitable food for brood 
soAvs. Corn and barley are too fattening 
for this j)urpose; that is. they lack the 
hone and muscle-forming elements needed. 
A brood soav should have laxative foods, 
like roots, bran and middlings in slops. 
Coi-nmeal or barley should be fed in great 
moderation. While kept in good condi¬ 
tion. a SOAV should not be made fat. and 
daily exercise previous to farroAving 
should be enforced. m. b. d. 
Uj>-State Farm Notes 
ClIKKSE AT tlllGH MaRK. -It is 
thought that cheese reached its highest 
mark this week, Avhen the Watertown 
Produce Exchange sold 2,460 pounds at 
2214 cents. C. E. Sackett, of Utica, Dep¬ 
uty Commissioner of Agriculture, has 
Ix^en confei-ring Avith the makers in the 
WatertoAvn exchange regarding the mois- 
tni'e content of their cheese, some of 
which, it was said, exceeded the regula¬ 
tions. 
Crop Note.s. —Cabbage in Western and 
Central Now Y'ork has improved during 
the I'\all rains. Many districts Avill yield 
10 to 12 tons ])er acre, with unusually 
solid heads. The price is noAV ,$10 to .$12 
j>er ton ; in some iijstances $9. Damage 
from worms has been checked, and some 
fields thought to be worthless are uoav 
heading nicely. Celery has been damag(*d 
by frosts so that one-half to three-fourths 
of a crop is expected at Sodus, Arcadia 
and Macedon. In Madison County it was 
touched in spots only and will be a good 
crop, as it Avas in O.swego County. The 
onion crop is nearly all harvested.' thotigh 
much remaiiKS to be done in preparing the 
crop for market. The movement has been 
very light, with slender market quotations. 
I’rices to growers have been 65 to 90c a 
bushel. The average crop is up to expec¬ 
tations. with .some exceeding last year’.s. 
Around Sodus and NeAvark and on the 
muck of OsAA-ego County the crop was the 
finest in recent years. g. f. 
The Size of Nails 
Prof. F. P. Goeder of the Colorado Ag¬ 
ricultural College gives the following 
statement about buying nails : 
It too frequently happens that in going 
to the hardware store to purchase nails 
Ave find ourselves in doubt as to what .size 
we Avant. Nails are usually sold by the 
pound and according to the “penny.” For 
example, a lOd nail is three inches long 
and .1.5 of on inch in diameter. The fol- 
loAving table gives information on the 
different common nails. Remember that 
brads differ from common nails only in 
the head and point: 
l^ength 
Diiim. 
Nearest 
No. 
in 
in 
B. & S. 
to the 
Size 
infhes 
inches 
giiRe 
jionnd 
2(1. 
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.07 
12 
876 
.‘hi. 
... 114 
.08 
12 
5<)8 
4(1. 
... I v> 
.10 
10 
.216 
5(1. 
... 1% 
.10 
10 
271 
6(1. 
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.11 
9 
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9 
161 
.8(1. 
.. . 214 
.12 
8 
106 
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96 
10(1. 
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.15 
7 
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62 
16(1. 
. .. . 21/2 
.16 
6 
49 
20(1. 
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.10 
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21 
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... -IVi 
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24 
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