566 
March 29, 1919 
Up-State Farm Notes 
Labor Bureau for Twenty-seventh. 
—A unique labor bureau is to be formed 
for both officers and men of the 27th Di¬ 
vision, with headquarters in New York 
City, and branches in Syracuse, Buffalo, 
Rochester and Albany. The preparation 
of this roster of 25,000 names was begun 
directly after the signing of the armistice, 
and a careful canvass has been made of 
the qualities and abilities of the men rec¬ 
ommended for positions. The division and 
its commander. General O’Ryan, stand 
back of the men in each instance, and 
confidential reports will be furnished by 
the company officers. 
State Memorial Day. —Sunday. April 
27. has been designated by the Adjutant 
General as a memorial day when all the 
men and women of the. State are to unite 
in honoring the Federal soldiers who died 
during the world war. 
Progress of the Milk Commission.— 
The Governor’s milk commission began 
the investigation of New York City’s 
milk conditions on March 14. A discus¬ 
sion of milk prices for April, May and 
June was entered into, but no decision 
was reached. After a conference between 
distributors and consumers, the commis¬ 
sion will again consider the matter of 
prices. 
State Bird Day. —Dr. Finegan of the 
State Department of Education at Albany 
designated April 11 as Bird Day for the 
schools of the State. 
Training of Cadet Corps Aban¬ 
doned. —The appropriation for the work 
of training the High School Cadet Corps 
of the State has been exhausted and the 
work has been discontinued. A record 
number of 400.000 boys have been in 
training. It was necessary to discontinue 
the training last year for lack of funds, 
the work halting in the early part of 
April. The cadet Summer camp has been 
supported by separate funds and will prob¬ 
ably be continued this year. The last 
camp was at Blauvelt, with 1.S00 officers 
and cadets from all over the State in at¬ 
tendance. 
Cornell Semi-centennial. —A formal 
program is issued covering semi-centennial 
celebration from June 20 to 23, including 
the regular commencement exercises and 
special events, such as addresses by Presi¬ 
dent Schurman. Governor Smith, former 
Governor Charles E. Hughes and Frank 
II. Hiscock, Chief Justice of the Court of 
Appeals and chairman of the board of 
trustees; and the unveiling of the statue 
of the founder, with addresses and mili¬ 
tary events. 
County Apiarists Meet. —The twen¬ 
ty-first annual meeting of the Cayuga 
County Beekeepers’ Society was held this 
week. In connection with it a beekeep¬ 
ers’ institute' was held, under the auspices 
of the State Department of Agriculture. 
A : report on the meeting of the New York 
State Association was given and a report 
on the short course for commercial bee¬ 
keepers at Ithaca. Fred Lamkins of 
King’s Ferry gave an address on “Bee¬ 
keeping as an Occupation.” Charles Ste¬ 
wart of Johnstown talked on bee dis¬ 
eases, and the relative merits of comb vs. 
extracted honey was discussed. 
Industrial Traffic Club. —The ship¬ 
pers of Cortland County have organized a 
traffic club of 17 members. Its object is 
to investigate complaints relative to 
freight, passenger and express service, and 
to keep in touch with proposed changes 
in rate regulations and classifications, so 
that when increases are proposed there 
will be time for the persons interested to 
place their complaints before the proper 
authorities. 
•Legislative News of tiie Week. —It 
is thought that 30. per cent of Governor 
Smith’s legislative program will be suc¬ 
cessful. This was determined at a con¬ 
ference of leaders this week. The Gov¬ 
ernor obtained consent to the. passage of 
three measures; reorganization of the 
Public Service Commission, compensation 
act to be .extended to take care of occu¬ 
pational diseases, and defense commis¬ 
sions abolished. The latter includes the 
State Food Commission, the State Coun¬ 
cil of Defense and the State Ice Control¬ 
ler. Water power was not discussed, and 
no agreements have been reached regard¬ 
ing an appropriation for the State recon¬ 
struction commission, the narcotic drug 
control bill, the minimum wage of women 
and children, municipal ownership, exten¬ 
sion of the labor law to cover women in 
new employments, health insurance, or 
the publishing of campaign expenses be¬ 
fore election. A literacy test amendment 
to the State constitution was introduced 
in the Assembly providing that no person 
shall be entitled to vote unless able to 
read and write English. The Council of 
Farms and Markets ordered an investi¬ 
gation of foodstuffs held in cold storage, 
especially meat, held in public or private 
plants of the State. Commissioner Dr. 
Eugene H. Porter will conduct the inves¬ 
tigation, assisted by Dr. Jonathan (’. Day 
and May Van Arsdale of New York ( lty. 
Former Governor John A. Dix has been 
appointed as examiner, appraiser and 
claims agent in the Department of Public 
Works at a salary of $5,000. A bill to 
double the tax on all automobiles of less 
than 25 horsepower was introduced by 
Senator Sage and Assemblyman Machold. 
The tax would affect owners of all inex¬ 
pensive automobiles, and would result in 
$2,000,000 added revenue. This bill 
would affect farmers and workingmen un¬ 
favorably M. G. F. 
<Ib e RURAL NEW-YORKER 
New England Poultrymen and Grain 
I have about two acres of land, and 
would like to plant it to the most profit¬ 
able crops for my poultry. Will you tell 
me what to grow? I expect to have about 
50 pullets to carry through next Winter. 
No. Attleboro. Mass. G. A. R. 
Whether it pays to raise any of tin* 
grain needed for poultry is a disputed 
question among poultry-keepers in New 
England. Down the South Shore, long 
famous as a poultry section, practically 
no grain' feed is raised. It is claimed 
there that after the expenses of preparing 
the land, and keeping it cultivated, har¬ 
vesting the crops, etc., have been met. the 
total cost is greater than; that of Western 
grain. This is the claim of most men 
Who devote themselves wholly to poultry. 
Most of them are not equipped for work¬ 
ing land, and during the Spring have all 
they can do to look after their chickens. 
The farmer with whom poultry-keeping is 
only one line of work is in a better posi¬ 
tion to grow some grain. At the recent 
Poultry Keepers’: Meeting in Boston, the 
advice was given to start in with an acre 
and increase the amount of grain raised 
if the plan proved feasible after a season’s 
experiment. 
Corn has first place, as a matter of 
course. I raised over an acre of corn last 
Summer for my poultry, but could have 
bought it cheaper this Spring. However. 
I had to hire considerable high-priced 
labor. I believe that under some circum¬ 
stances one or two, and perhaps three and 
four acres of corn can be grown profit¬ 
ably. I have found, for one thing, that 
the corn fodder, cut up fine or shredded, 
makes an excellent litter for the poultry- 
houses, thus obviating the necessity o f 
buying straw or other material. Of course 
it is possible to grow oats, wheat or buck¬ 
wheat, although considerable work is in¬ 
volved in thrashing out the grain, mor 1 
work than the average man who special¬ 
izes in poultry would think of devoting to 
it. General farmers are in different posi¬ 
tions. 
There is no reason why you or any 
other poultry-keeper should not grow a 
liberal amount of green food and root 
crops. It is a simple matter to produce 
enough mangels or red beets and cabbages 
to last the Winter through. These vege¬ 
tables may be fed freely, and help mate¬ 
rially in reducing grain bills. My prefer¬ 
ence is for roots rather than cabbages. 
Beginning in the Spring and all through 
the Summer there should be a continuous 
supply of Dwarf Essex rape. It is also 
well to sow curly Scotch kale, as it is very 
hardy and will provide green food well 
into the Winter. If you could put in a 
patch of Alfalfa you would find that an 
excellent green food. It is a good plan 
to sow a liberal patch of rye rather early 
in the Fall. In an open Winter like the 
one just past the hens can be out of the 
houses almost every day, and will get 
their own green feed from the rye patch. 
Massachusetts. E. I.. F. 
Tires — Firsts 
— At the Price of 
Seconds — and 
Guaranteed, Too! 
Real service-giving tires, with¬ 
out a blemish on them—built for 
service and guaranteed to give 
it. Backed, too, with a 3500-mile 
guarantee, though many give 
over 4000 miles— 
Guaranteed Tires 
Every one the biggest tire value 
you ever saw—every one with 
serial number on casing — and 
f guaranteed a first. Note these 
ittle prices: 
Plain 
Price 
Grey 
30x3 
$11.75 
Tubes 
30x31/2 
14.50 
Non-skid 
30x3 
12.50 
$3.00 
30x31/2 
15.50 
3.50 
32x3 Vu 
18.00 
3.75 
31x4 
25 00 
4.50 
32x4 
25.50 
4.75 
33x4 
26.50 
5.00 
34x4 
27.0C 
5.25 
34x41^ 
35.50 
6.00 
35x41/2 
37.50 
6 25 
36x41/2 
38.00 
6.50 
35x5 
43.00 
7.00 
37x5 
45.00 
7.50 
Take 2 per cent. 
off for cash 
with order. 
10 per 
cent, deposit 
required on 
all C. O 
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R. K. 
TIRE CO. 
MANURE IS DEFICIENT IN 
PHOSPHORUS 
PHOSPHORUS AND DECAYING ORGANIC MATTER 
CONSTITUTE THE KEY TO PROFITABLE 
SYSTEMS OF PERMANENT AGRICULTURE 
BARIUM-PHOSPHATE 
AN ALKALINE FERTILIZER 
ANALYZING 
16% Phosphoric Acid 7% Barium Sulphide 
Is an ideal material for the Dairyman or Market Gardener to use. 
Added to manure it supplies Phosphorus in a most desirable form. 
A few loads of manure, to each of which a bag of Barium-Phosphate 
has been added, will produce more Corn per acre than three or four times 
the amount of manure used alone. 
Barium-Phosphate is a mixture of an alkaline salt of Barium, which 
is soluble iu water, and Phosphate of Lime. 
IT SUPPLIES PHOSPHORUS AT A LOW COST 
Every farmer knows that so long as he can grow clover, he can grow 
anything else, and the converse is also true, that where clover persistently 
refuses to grow, owing to acid couditions, then other crops must steadily 
deteriorate. 
Barium-Phosphate, in addition to supplying Phosphorus 
Sweetens the Soil 
and INSURES a LUXURIANT GROWTH OF CLOVER 
WITHOUT THE USE OF LIME 
Used with manure, or plowed under with green crops, Barium-Phos¬ 
phate alone, will produce good yields, and build up the fertility of your 
farm. 
This material is being used by some of the most successful farmers and 
market gardeners in New York and New England, and is giving excellent 
results. 
WHY NOT GIVE IT A TRIAL 
Won’t you allow us to ship you at least a trial order of this material, 
so that you can prove its value to your own satisfaction? 
We can deliver Barium-Phosphate anywhere iu New England, New 
York, Pennsylvania or New Jersey at the following prices: 
Carloads 15 tons or more $21.50 per ton 
Less Carloads, 1 ton or more 23.50 per ton 
It will pay YOU to write for our book 
“PHOSPHORUS THE MASTER KEY TO PERMANENT 
AGRICULTURE” 
which describes Barium-Phosphate and its uses 
Witherbee, Sherman & Company, Inc. 
2 Rector Street, New York City 
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Established 79 Years 
INTERESTING GARDEN BOOKS 
A Woman’s Hardy Garden —Bu Mrs. 
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Old Time Garden*—By A. M. Earle 2.50 
Flowers and Ferns in Their Haunts— 
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Plant Physiology —Bu Ducgan . . 1.60 
For sale by Rural New-Yorker, 333 W. 30thSt.,N.Y. 
Standard Fruit Books 
American Fruit Culturist. Thomas... 4 2.50 
Citrus Fruits. Hume. 2.63 
California Fruits. Wickson. 3.00 
Plums and Plum Culture. Waugh..,.. 1.60 
Fruit Ranching in British Columbia. 
Bealby . t.50 
Farm and Garden Rule Book . 2.00 
Live Stock — Poultry 
Types and Breeds of Farm Animals. 
Plumb .32.00 
Poultry Feeding and Management. 
Dryden . LOO 
Swine in America. Coburn. 2.50 
Diseases of Animals. Mayo. 1.76 
Principles of Breeding. Davenport.... 3.00 
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Grow More Grain 
Last year you produced more grain because “Food 
would win the war.” This year, Uncle Sam is 
asking for even greater grain production to help him 
establish a just peace and save the world from 
anarchy. Use a Crown Drill; put every grain where it will make tin 
best growth. The Crown force feed insures accurate seeding—can be 
regulated instantly. Powerful springs hold the discs to their work 
“ prevent skips on hard spots. You can sow dent 
corn and kidney beans as well as small grains—no 
cracked kernels. The Crown fertilizer feed will 
handle dry or damp goods—instantly regulated. 
Drills are made in all sizes, both hoe and disc. 
Write at once for 1919 Catalog 
Crown Wheelbarrow Seeders make high-priced clover seed 
go farther. We also make Lime and Fertilizer Sowers and 
Traction Sprayers. 
CROWN MFG. CO, 112 Wayne St, PHELPS, N. Y. 
