CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, APRIL 5, 1919 
FARM TOPICS 
A Freak Potato. 590 
Rental Value of Farms. 592 
Up-State Farm Notes.598 
Rye Straw for Humus. 600 
Planting According to the Moon. 600 
Tenant’s Use of Lime. 600 
Fertility Value of Burned Bones. 600 
Potatoes After Lime and Green Rye. 600 
Silage and Pomace for Fertilizer. 600 
Thrashing Clover Seed at Home. 605 
Hope Farm Notes. 610 
The Growth of Co-operative Spirit. 613 
Crops and Farm Notes....... 632 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Farming Out Pigs. 592 
Light Horses on Small Farm. 601 
Com and Soy Bean Silage. 604 
Market for Colts. 604 
Rye Hay for Feeding,..,. 605 
New Plan for the Dairymen’s League. 613 
Starting in Purebred Swine. 616 
0. I. C. Swine; Comparison of Guernsey 
and Ayrshire .. 616 
Feeding Value of Flaxseed. 618 
Bates and Cruickshank Shorthorns. 618 
Prospects for Pork. 619 
Waste Flour for Swine. 619 
Mammary Tumors . 620 
Spraying Milk; Cough. 620 
Swollen Hock Joint. 620 
Infected Navel . 620 
Ration for Dairy Cows. 622 
Feeding Cows and Heifers. 622 
Price-fixing on Cereals. 622 
Goats for Milk. 623 
Angoras as Milch Goats. 623 
A Goat Man’s Experience. 623 
Cows, Fruit and Broilers. 624 
Feeding Dairy Cows. 624 
Improving a Ration. 624 
Milking Shorthorn as a Good Cow for the 
Farmer . 625 
Shorthorn and Jersey Crosses. 6?5 
Horse Meat for Fox Feeding. 626 
Curing a Rearing Horse. 626 
Shoe Boil . 623 
Egg-eating Pup . 626 
Milkless Quarter; Cribbing. 627 
Heaves . 627 
Distemper . 627 
Fits . 627 
Calk Wound; Scours. 627 
Thin Mare . 627 
Lame Horse and Cow. 627 
Cracked Heels . 629 
Coming Live Stock Sales. 629 
THE HENYARD 
Rhode Island Geese.589, 590 
Food for Wild Ducks. 626 
Chicks with Weak Feet. 630 
Concrete Henhouse: Ducks Without Water.. 630 
Trouble with Young Chicks. 630 
Egg-laying Contest . 631 
Lighting the Henhouse. 631 
HORTICULTURE 
Keeping Jack Frost Away from Fruit. 591 
Renting a Young Orchard. 591 
New Methods of Fighting Borers. 592 
Tomatoes Fail to Set. 592 
Controlling Chickweed . 592 I 
Border of Shrubs and Herbaceous Plants. . . 593 
Eradicating Moneywort from Lawns. 593 
Fruit Trees on Shallow Soil. 594 
Growing Newtown Pippins. 594 
Control of Curculio. 594 
The Farm Orchard . 594 
Planting and Care of Blackcap Raspberries 598 
Strawberries in Old Sod. 600 
Lawn in Weedy Ground. 600 
Notes from 2 . Maryland Garden. 601 
Success with Garden Peas. 604 
Smothering Chickweed . 604 
Pennsylvania Fruit Notes. 608 
Peach Trees end Cold Weather. 608 
Raising Seedling Strawberries. 60S 
New Plant Immigrants. 611 
WOMAN AND HOME 
than by any difference in the diarrhoea 
itself. A microscopical examination will 
detect the germs, but this is hardly within 
the reach of the majority of poultrymen. 
The germs of bacillary white diarrhoea 
are carried in the eggs from infected hens 
and the disease nmv be thus transmitted. 
Healthy chicks may pick up the germs in 
the droppings from infected ones. Pre¬ 
vention, therefore, lies in hatching from 
flocks known to be free from the disease, 
not a difficult matter, and in removing 
any diseased chicks from a flock before 
others become infected; not so easily 
done. If the disease Is once introduced 
to poultry premises, thorough cleansing 
and disinfection of quarters and utensils 
should be practiced until it is eradicated. 
The general characteristics of bacillary 
white diarrhoea in a flock may be de¬ 
scribed as follows: First of all, it is a 
disease of early life. Fatalities' begin 
shortly after hat<*»iing and are usually 
about completed within the first month. 
Survivors may reach maturity and con¬ 
tinue the infection through their eggs. 
There is a marked lack of vitality evi¬ 
dent in the flock. Diarrhoea may be 
marked or only slightly in evidence. The 
infected chicks are weak and droopy. 
They are inactive and listless. They be¬ 
come weak in the legs and humpbacked. 
Their wings droop. They become pasted 
up behind. They stagger and fall. They 
waste and finally die. 
None of these symptoms alone, nor all 
of them, are positive evidence of bacillary 
white diarrhoea; they may appear with 
any diarrhoea, but, if a considerable num¬ 
ber of chicks in any flock show these char¬ 
acteristics within the first three or four 
weeks of life, and they are not to be read¬ 
ily explained by know defects in care, it 
is time to become suspicious. Hatching 
eggs or day-old chicks frequently intro¬ 
duce the disease into clean quarters, and 
one needs to know something about the 
source of purchased stock if he would 
keep his own premises clean. m. b. d. 
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 or!.,. 
Dealers, jobbers and general manufacturers’ announcements 
not admitted;here. Poultry, Eggs and other live stock adver¬ 
tisements will go under proper headings on other pages. 
Seed and Nursery advertisements will not be accepted for 
this column. 
Copy must reach us not later than Friday morning 
to appear in the following week's issue. 
Farm Help Wanted 
WANTED—Young man who wishes to learn the 
murk -t garden and fruit business; good home. 
Write promptly, stating age, present job and 
wages expected. WESTLOOK FARM, Fallsing- 
ton, Pa. 
WANTED—Woman for general farm housework, 
family four: wages $25 month. J. AUGUSTUS 
HILDRETH, Southampton, N. Y. 
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WANTED—Woman used to tile country to cook 
for small family; electric light, modern plumb¬ 
ing: good wages: mile from town. ROGER S. 
BALDWIN Woodbury, Conn. 
MAN WANTED, April 1st, for garden, lawn¬ 
cutting and to lie generally useful. State par¬ 
ticulars to GEO. W. CARR, Monroe, N. Y. 
From Day to Day. 614 
Seen in New York Shops. 614 
The Rural Patterns. 614 
Water Systems in Oklahoma.....614, 615 
Feather-stitcli and Other Simple Em- 
hoidery .. 615 
Vermont Olives: Crystallized Ginger and 
Sweet Flag: Tartar Sauce. 615 
More About Grain Sacks. 615 
Tested Corn Bread. 615 
Rice and Cheese Pudding..... 615 
GIRL WANTED. April 1st, for general house¬ 
work: house has all modern improvements; 
two adults. State particulars to MRS. GEO. W. 
CARR, Monroe, N. Y. 
WANTED—Two young men, active and willing, 
to work on a <Vuck farm. WEBER BROS., 
Wrentliam, Mass. 
WANTED—Young man: single; general farm 
hand; state experience; wages. $40. ADRIAN 
S. BOLTON, Burlington Flats, N. Y. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Do Your Bees Need Feeding?. 590 
The Farmer and His Car. 596 
Area Required for Sentic Tank. 596 
Rainwater in Septic Tank. 596 
Septic Tank in Cellar. 596 
Line Fence of Public Institutions. 598 
Fitting the Circular Saw. 602 
Fixing G?s Engine on Cement Floor. 602 
Lead Pipe for Soft Water... 604 
Pipe Line for Spring Water.'... 604 
Events of the Week. 606 
Editorials . 612 
Throwing Away Liberty Bonds. 613 
Police Pension Fund and Dog License. 626 
Destroying Rats . 626 
Countrywide Produce Situation. 628 
Buffalo Markets . 628 
Products, Prices and Trade. 629 
Publisher’s Desk . 634 
White Diarrhoea 
Has a cun* been found for white diarr¬ 
hoea in baby chicks, and what is a preven¬ 
tive? I know that chill causes it. but 
when there has been no chill will food do 
it? We are feeding rolled oats, fine grit 
and tepid water. H. M. 
New Jersey. 
White diarrhoea is a term loosely ap¬ 
plied to any diarrhoea of chicks character¬ 
ized by a whitish discharge, and such 
diarrhoeas may be caused by chilling, im¬ 
proper feeding, defects in brooding, etc. 
These diarrhoeas are preventable or cur¬ 
able. There is another white diarrhoea 
caused by a germ of the bacilli family, 
and, from this fact, known as bacillary 
white diarrhoea. This form of diarrhoea is 
not curable, though not always fatal, and 
is to be avoided by guarding against infec¬ 
tion.- It is to be distinguished from the 
less serious diarrhoeas by the general 
character of the outbreak in a flock rather 
WANTED—Assistant housekeeper; please state 
age. experience or training, aiul wages expect¬ 
ed, in first letter: mothers with dependents can¬ 
not be considered. THE STATEN ISLAND 
HOSPITAL, New York City. 
WANTED—Farm hands on, large dairy plant; 
will pay $2 per day with board and room for 
farm bauds; only men of experience need apply. 
COLUMBIA MILK FARMS, Juliustown, N. J. 
WANTED—A mother and daughter or two sis¬ 
ters for housework in the country; all modern 
conveniences. ADVERTISER 5437, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Married couple on farm; wife must 
he capable of boarding four to six men; man 
must be an experienced farm teamster: house 
modern, all improvements and furnished; only 
persons with experience and best references will 
be considered: state your terms when answering 
this ad. HAYLAND FARM. Milford, Conn. 
WANTED-—Teamster; married: must he good 
hard worker; wages, $55; good house, all mod¬ 
ern conveniences; large garden, milk etc. Ap¬ 
ply P. O. ROX 152, Gladstone, X. J. 
WANTED -Girl for housework in country; fam¬ 
ily of two adults and one child: plain cooking 
desired; liberal wages. MBS. HORACE REED, 
Greenwich, Conn, 
WANTED—Men and women attendants in a 
State institution for the feeble-minded: salary 
$45 a month for men and $30 for women, with 
maintenance. State age when applying. Apply 
to SUPERINTENDENT, I.etcliworth Village, 
Thlells, N. Y. 
GARDENER wanted’; single man, for country 
place; grow vegetables, look after lawn, (low¬ 
ers and shrubs. Address .T. D. WRIGHT, Supt., 
Maple Lane Farm, Kingston, N. Y. 
WORKING housekeeper: small family: modern 
house; all improvements; 30 miles from New 
York: one mile from village; good stores and 
churches. ADVERTISER 5447, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
WANTED—Man for dairy and farm work, also 
woman for housework, on small farm near 
Lakewood; good pay and steady work for reliable 
parties. Write, stating age and wages required 
in first letter, GARFIELD HERBERT, R. D. 1, 
Lakewood, N, J. 
GIRL for housework; country: plain cook; no 
washing; three adults: active elderly woman 
wanting good permanent, country home might (To; 
$35: W. T. LAING, 501 Fifth Ave., New York 
City. 
WANTED—Married man as working manager on 
dairy farm on Long Island; must have thor¬ 
ough knowledge of dairy business, including the 
breeding of purebred stock and making of ad¬ 
vanced registry records; this is no gentleman’s 
estate, but a commercial proposition that must 
lie handled In an elfieient. businesslike manner: 
this proposition offers an exceptional opportunity 
to the right individual; state experience, refer¬ 
ences and salary expected. ADVERTISER 5443, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Housekeeper, 35 to 50: good home; 
no washing; two people. W. A. MATTHEWS, 
Rockaway, N. J. 
Situations Wanted 
POULTRYMAN desires position: practical: years 
experience: married; no children. BOX 37, 
Springfield, W. Va. 
POULTRYMAN, young, single, desires position 
as working manager on private estate or com¬ 
mercial plant: thoroughly experienced with in¬ 
cubating, brooding and caring for poultry; state 
wages and particulars. ADVERTISER 5436, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position as farm superintendent on 
gentleman’s estate; practical and scientific ex¬ 
perience in the care and management of stock, 
farming, etc.: married: 37 years old: small fam¬ 
ily: g'>od reference. Apply ADVERTISER 5439, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
POULTRYMAN. college graduate, wants posi¬ 
tion: experienced in all branches of business, 
including incubators, breeding, trap-nesting, ex¬ 
hibiting. etc. ADVERTISER 5440. care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
HERDSMAN-DAIRYMAN—Open for position 
April 1; Scotchman; married: no children; 5 
years’ reference. ADVERTISER 5434. care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
DATRY and herdsman, single, wants position by 
15th of April or 1st of May, within 35 miles 
of New York on private or commercial; good 
butter-maker; careful feeder: Babcock test: calf 
raiser: reason for change, my present employer 
sold out; A1 references: wages $55 to $00 per 
month, or would go as working foreman on large 
farm; understand crops, rotation, machinerv: a 
hard worker. Address MICHAEL MESZAROS. 
R. No. 2, Boonton, N. J. 
HOUSEKEEPER—Competent, reliable American 
woman, age 33. wishes position: males pre¬ 
ferred: city or country. Address ADVERTISER 
5441. care Rural New-Yorker. 
POSITION on up-to-date general farm by young 
American with experience in cattle, hogs, 
horses and tractors; state wages, etc., in first 
letter. WALLACE KENNEY. 154 25th St.. Elm¬ 
hurst, L. I., N. Y. 
FARM MANAGER may be engaged: a college 
graduate; 6 years’ experience managing 200- 
aere school farm that makes money; experienced 
in fruit growing, truck gardening, general farm¬ 
ing, purebred live stock, flowers, shrubbery and 
lawns, care and operation of modern farm ma¬ 
chinery. including engines and automobiles: man¬ 
agement of labor (man or boy), farm accounts; 
married; two children; excellent references as to 
ability and integrity. ADVERTISER 5444, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
POULTRYMAN of high ability, desires position: 
good incubator and brooder man: private place 
preferred; comes well recommended’. ADVER¬ 
TISER 5445, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FIRST-CLASS single farm manager desires posi- i 
tion; A-l as to honesty, character and ability; | 
understand modern farming thoroughly in ail its i 
details: good builder and mechanic: energetic 
worker; agricultural graduate; excellent refer¬ 
ences. Address (ill So. Tenth Ave., Mavwood, 
Ill. 
GENERAL farmer, no milking, desires position: 
strictly honest and sober: life experience: 
single; best of reference’: state terms in fi-st 
letter. ADVERTISER 5448, care Rural New- 
Y'orker. 
A MARRIED MAN as general farmer or te- ul¬ 
ster desir s permanent position: best refer¬ 
ences; sober and industrious: state wages and 
privileges in first letter. ADVERTISER 5446. 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
OVERSEAS MAN. honorably discharged, desires 
responsible position; experienced butter-maker, 
dairyman, herdsman, short course student, Rrb- 
cock test, etc.; single: 28. ADVERTISER 5449, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
SITUATION WANTED—Young lady with five 
years’ experience in stenography, typewriting, 
book-keeping and general office work, is desirous 
of being in the country. Can assume responsi¬ 
bility of correspondence and detail on farm or 
plantation. Best references. ADVERTISER 
5451,-care Rural New-Yorker. 
FARM or estate manager. Scotch, middle age. 
small family; of unusual practical experience 
in the care and management of all blooded 
stock, rotation and culture of all farm crops, 
operation of all modern machinery, with the 
ability to handle help, keep records and success¬ 
fully operate a large farm or estate; six years 
in last place: at liberty now: best of references. 
ADVERTISER 5450. care Rural New-Yorker. 
Farms For Sale, to Rent, etc. 
VILLAGE fruit farm for sale. BOX 34, Brim- 
field, Mass. 
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FOR SALE—Three farms, 240. ISO. 157 acres: 
good land, buildings: timber worth asking 
price. CLARE GREGORY, Mt. Vision, N. Y. 
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A FARM FOR SALE—Situated on high land; 
would make an ideal Summer home. Inquire 
of F. W. TURNER, Gales Ferry, Conn. 
FOR SALE—Poultry farm; about 15 acres; 
equipped for capacity of 4,(XX) hens: 6,000-egg 
Camlee incubator, brooder houses, laying houses, 
etc.; large, splendidly built residence: mile 
from town of 3,500; located on site of Du Pont 
Boulevard: six miles from Delaware Bay and 26 
miles from Delaware Breakwater on Atlanric 
Ocean: set in apple trees: a big bargain. THE 
DELAWARE EGG FARM. Milford’, Del. 
VERY smooth, extra fertile farm: 25 acres: 
large barn: 11-room house: all conveniences: 
near electric: two miles from city. JOHN B. 
DION. Nashua, N. IT. 
FOR RENT OR SALE—My house and' farm in 
the Catskill Mountains; house of 9 rooms, with 
bath: hot and cold water: about 16 n"res of land 
In cultivation: 10 in woodland: situated next to 
a country club; attractive combination foi Sum¬ 
mer vacation and farming. Apply to R. A. 
DOANB, PalenvUle, N. Y. 
FARMER, crippled by accident, will saerific 50- 
aere farm; money-maker; ideal home; easy 
terms; Eastern Shore, Maryland. ADVERTISER 
5276, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—In New Jersey, 68-acre farm, 70 
miles from New York; 40 acres tillable; in¬ 
cluding stock, machinery and all seeds for this 
season: price low. Address GEO. MATZAT, 274 
Humboldt St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
FOIt SALE—Farm. 21 acres; six acres orchard; 
fine opportunity t ‘for poultry: % mile from Cape 
May City, N. J.; 7 miles from Wildwood; five- 
room house, electric lighted: $4,000 cash. In¬ 
quire BOX 636, Freehold, N. J. 
WANTED—To rent small place on well traveled 
State road, suitable for tea room. BOX 19, 
R.D. No. 6, Fulton, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Connecticut, 120-nere farm: 8-room 
house; 4 barns, silo. 20-head stock, farm tools 
and machinery; $11,000; half cash. BOX 46. 
Route 1, Seymour, Conn. 
WANTED—-to rent, option to buy, good fruit 
and poultry farm, about 100 acres: section no 
object; will buy stock and tools: ready to take 
possession. ADVERTISER 5435, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
30-ACRE farm and rabbitry for sale; stock ir.d 
implements included. Write for particulars, 
F. A. MILLER, Box 62, Platea. Pa. 
IN SULLIVAN COUNTY, New York, an attrac¬ 
tively built and well-arranged farm house, 
containing fifteen rooms, suitable for keeping 
boarders, or could be used as a two-family dwell¬ 
ing; 42 acres: large barn: excellent water sup¬ 
ply: high altitude; healthful locality; price 
$3,000: terms easy. ADVERTISER 5442. care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
OLD AND SICK, will sell two small farms: 
price, what good buildings are worth. For 
particulars write BOX 137, Simonsville. Yt. 
COXX. poultry farm for sale: fifty miles from 
New York: >4 mile from station: eight hun¬ 
dred laying hens, one thousand chicks, twelye 
hundred eggs in incubators: business, five thou¬ 
sand dollars a year; fifty peaeh trees bearing; 
pears, plums, cherries, apples, small fruits, as¬ 
paragus bed: house, ten rooms and bath; fine 
condition; fourteen thousand dollars, including 
goodwill. E. T., Branehville, Conn. 
SNAP CHANCE FOR TRUCKER—35 acres at 
Plainfield, N. J.: rich, early loam: two green¬ 
houses full early tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, 
etc.: cold frames full eaboage. lettuce: two car- 
loads manure on place: sell account illness: 
splendid markets for all can produce; 1.000 
peaeh trees: two acres peas planted. ADVER¬ 
TISER 5438, care Rural New-Torker. 
FOR SALE—Ten-acre farm: good house, barn 
and* other buildings; suitable for fruit and 
poultry: 10 minutes to trollev or steam. For 
particulars write C. B. FORBES. Guilford, Conn. 
THIRTY-ACRE FARM for sale—45 miles from 
New York: good six-room house and other 
buildings; large up-to-date poultry house, 
equipped with sanitary fixtures; orchard of 80 
apple and cherry trees: price $5,000; write for 
■ further particulars. H. BADE. 3137 Broadway, 
( New York. 
Miscellaneous 
PFRE sugar cane syrup. $1.50 per gallon. 
JAMES F. MeCALEB, Insmore. Miss. 
EXTRACTED buckwheat honey at greatly re¬ 
duced prices while it lasts: honey keens' well 
and you can buy now at a bargaiu. RAY C. 
WILCOX. West Dauby, X. Y. 
WANTED—-Stump puller: hand or horse ma¬ 
chine. BOX Xo. 6, Berlin, X. J. 
FOR PURE MAPLE SYRUP write to C. J. 
YODER, Grantsville, Md. 
HOXEY—Amber or buckwheat, 60-lb. can. S10.50 
here: 12-lb. can. $3 delivered. STRING HAM, 
Glen Cove, N. Y. 
FOR SALE CHEAP—Rebuilt Hill colony brood¬ 
ers. as good as new. with second-hand de¬ 
flector: both 52-ineli and 60-inch: a great bar¬ 
gain in these famous brooders. Address UNITED 
BROODER CO., 360 Pennington. Ave.. Trenton, 
N. J. 
PEANUTS—From grower to consumer: 5 to 15 
lbs.. 20c lb.: 15 to 50 lbs.. I8e lb.: over 50 
lbs., 15c lb.; preifhid. E. S. SCHISLER, Em¬ 
poria, Ya. 
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FOR SALE—Buckeye ineubat r. 600-egg. $50; 
drag saw with new blade. $25. CLIFFORD 
SHELDON, South Hartford, X. Y. 
2 BLT'E HEN, 300 eggs, quick- turning trays; 
incubators almost new; $30 each. FOREST 
FARM. Rockaway. N. J. 
CASE 30-II.P. steam tractor: good condition: 
plenty power: $650: also No. 2 American saw¬ 
mill with 52-ineh inserted-tooth saw: $250. 
GEORGE R. GREIS, Hammonton, N. J. 
ORDERS taken for home-canned vegetables. 
fruits, jams, jellies, pickles; order earlv: 
orders control planting. Write ALMA HIB¬ 
BARD. Gansevoort, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—One 15-30 International 1916 model 
tractor, in perfect condition: price, $1,000. 
ELMER J. JOHNSON. Perryman, Md. 
12-H.-P. PORTABLE gasoline engine, cheap. 
JOHN DUNLAP, Williamsport, O. 
WANTED TO BUY—1.000 portable hurdles: 5 
bars: must be in good condition. Apply, with 
price, to W. W. VERT, Box 461. Greenwich. 
Conn. 
WANTED— Beeman garden tractor: state condi¬ 
tion, price, and what tools furnished. MAT- 
ZINGER & CO., Norwich, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—One or two cars of bright Timothv 
and? clover (Alsike) hay, f. o. b. Auburn; $23 
per ton; hay never had anv rain on. G. H. 
BROUN, Auburn, N. Y.: Route No. 2. 
NEW 50-egg incubator, bone cutter, steam f ed 
cooker, hog rubbing post. BOX 158, Williams¬ 
port, Ohio. 
FOR SALE—Cyphers incubator. 120-egg siz\ 
$12: is all complete and a fine hatcher: Uni¬ 
versal hover. $5; in good shape: all complete. 
C. A. STEVENS, Ransomville. X. Y. 
FOR SALE CHEAP—Large Newtown brooder 
stove. HARRY F. PALMER. Middleport, 
N. Y. 
DIRECT from farm by parcel post—Canned 
corn, peas, string beans, greens and relishes. 
MRS. FRED MANLEY. West Fairlee, Yt. 
FOR SALE—Titan 10-20 tractor and Oliver en¬ 
gine plow; used little. EDW. ALLEN, Asliue- 
iot. X. H. 
