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the other hand, believes that the young 
cannot grow at all unless some of this 
vitamine is present in the diet. This sub¬ 
ject is being investigated in this labora¬ 
tory, but the results thus far’ obtained 
have not yet led to final conclusions. 
Whatever the final answer may be, all in¬ 
vestigators agree that on diets nearly or 
quite free from the fat-soluble vitamine 
young rats soon cease to grow and shortly 
after suddenly decline and die unless but- 
terfat, or some other substance containing 
this food factor, is added to their diet. 
When this is done before the decline has 
gone too far, recovery is always pi-ompt 
and complete, and no ill effects are appar¬ 
ent during the subsequent life of the ani¬ 
mal, provided the supply of the fat-soluble 
vitamine is maintained. A large propor¬ 
tion of the young animals suffering from 
the effects of this deficiency in their food 
are afflicted with inflammation of their 
eyes, and frequently with ulcers on the 
cornea. Fig. 2S6 shows the miserable 
condition of such rats. 
THOMAS B. OSBORNE. 
Up -State Farm Notes 
Big Hay Crop. —The hay crop as re¬ 
ported from various points of the State 
promises from S to 12 per cent increase 
over an equal acreage of last year. The 
production of the State averages about 
30 tons per farm. Usually from three to 
four tons are on hand May 1. This has 
been sold more closely than usual this 
year, at greatly advanced prices. The 
effort to clear the barns before the new 
crop has brought the price down from $35 
a ton to $20 and upwards. St. Law¬ 
rence, Clinton and Franklin county farm¬ 
ers have been very short of hay and have 
had to make long hauls. 
Fertilizer Frogram. —W. D. ITurd, 
agronomist of the soil committee of the 
National Fertilizer Association, has 
charge of a program being carried out at 
the New York State College for familiar¬ 
izing salesmen with the fundamental prin¬ 
ciples of the use of fertilizers,and to guard 
against the possibility of efforts to sell 
fertilizers not specifically valuable to the 
crops for which they are intended, or for 
the tvpes of agriculture to which they are 
not particularly fitted. Agricultural col¬ 
lege and experiment station workers in 
soil technology, agricultural chemistry, 
agronomy and farm management are tak¬ 
ing part in the program. The work con¬ 
sists of professional papers, lecture-room 
demonstrations, laboratory exercises, field 
surveys, inspection trips and studies of 
actual tests made with various crops and 
fertilizer application. 
Scarcity of Teachers. —The rural 
school superintendents of the State are 
finding great difficulty to obtain compe¬ 
tent teachers. Last October there were 
50.000 schools in the country without 
teachers, and 120.000 others with wholly 
untrained teachers, boys and girls barely 
ahead of the classes they were supposed 
to be teaching. The low pay of teachers 
and the cost of living cannot compete 
with the pay given in industries, and very 
few students are preparing to teach as a 
life work. P. P. Claxton, Federal Com¬ 
missioner of Education, says no other in¬ 
stitution was more affected by war than 
the schools, and he is asking of Congress 
a $200,000 additional appropriation for 
conducting the services of his bureau. 
Noteworthy Catti.e Sale. —Abbott & 
Clark, of Cortland, shipped seven head of 
cattle to the National Ilolstein-Friesian 
Association’s sale in Philadelphia recent¬ 
ly. and they sold for $25,700. The junior 
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four-year-old world champion cow, Katie 
Paul Burke, sold for $5,100. and went to 
Delaware. A 40-lb. cow and her two 
year-old son sold for $15,400. The total 
sales of this meeting amounted to over 
$370,000, an average of $1,714 per head. 
The world’s champion cow, with a 51-lb. 
record, went to a beginner in Kentucky, 
who paid $26,000 for his stai’t. 
Political Calendar. —The Secretary 
of State issues the political calendar lead¬ 
ing up to the Fall primary on September 
2. June 17 is the first day for the sign¬ 
ing of petitions, and July 29 to August 5 
are the dates for filing designating peti¬ 
tions. August 15 is the last day for de¬ 
clining designation, and August 19 the 
last day to fill vacancy after declination. 
August 26 to September S are the dates 
for filing town nominations. To nom¬ 
inate independently 12.000 signatures 
must be had for State offices, with at least 
50 from each county. 
State Troopers Busy. —The State 
troopers are busy hunting a band of horse 
thieves that have been terrorizing farmers 
of Madison, Onondaga and Oneida coun¬ 
ties, taking horses from the pastures at 
night. The troopers have been doing good 
work in recovering stolen cars. 
State Fair News. —At a recent meet¬ 
ing of the fair commissioners, the Gov¬ 
ernor’s investigating committee reported 
finding no evidences of corruption in the 
commission. The meeting ordered a set 
of rules governing employees of the fair, 
which will be carried out. The superin¬ 
tendents of the various departments as 
appointed wore virtually the same who 
have served in the past. The secretary 
reported a good demand for space, and the 
fair officials are soliciting the co-operation 
of farm organizations by individual invi¬ 
tations sent to each. The Lieutenant 
Governor presided, and all the members 
but one in France were present. 
Mail Route Prore. —Two hundred 
Grangers of Oswego County have voted 
the rural mail route inspection a sham 
and a deception, saying few abandoned 
routes were to be restored, as announced 
by the Postoffice Department. The Po¬ 
mona Granges of seven counties regis¬ 
tered emphatic protest against the 
changes recently made and against the 
half-hearted restoration of a few of the 
routes. Representative Norman J. Gould 
of Seneca Falls has introduced a meas¬ 
ure in Congress calling for a complete 
restoration of the routes, and has been as¬ 
sured this week that a sub-committee to 
investigate rural mails will be appoint! d 
at once, and that hearings will begin on 
July 10 or shortly thereafter. The in¬ 
spectors now at work on routes expect a 
recall to Washington to prepare a defense 
to present at this hearing. A delegation 
representing up-State counties will ap¬ 
pear before this sub-committee, and the 
committee, most of which will be Repub¬ 
lican. announce no reason to “cover up” 
the shortcomings of the Postmaster Gen¬ 
eral. Rural residents are gratified at the 
prospect of a real hearing of the injus¬ 
tices forced upon them. M. G. F. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
New Jersey State Horticultural So- 
cietv. Summer meeting, starting from 
Freehold, July 11-12. 
Poultry and Duck Growers’ meeting, 
Farmingdale. L. I.. July 12. 
Connecticut Poultrymen’s Association, 
field meeting. Connecticut Agricultural 
College. Stores. Aug. 4-5-6. 
Union Agricultural Association, sixty- 
fourth annual fair, Burgettstown, Pa., 
Sept. 30-Oct. 1-12. 
New Jersey State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety. annual meeting, Atlantic City, 
probably Dec. 3-5. 
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Tells all about seeds, bulbs, plants, etc., and how, when, 
where and what to plant for best results in vegetable 
and flower gardens. Gives the benefit of our 43 years’ 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, JUNE 28, 1919 
GENERAL FARM TOPICS 
What Ails the Federal Farm Loan?... 
Harrowing the AU'alfa. 
Cutting Green Oats for Hay. 
Bees on the Farm. 
Alfalfa in Delaware. 
Storing Chopped Hay. 
Hope Farm Notes. 
New York Farm Lands. 
A 75-Year-Old Farmers Club. 
Problem of Farm Tenant. 
Voting Power of Farmers. 
Farm Bureau Agents. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Absolute Necessity of Milk. 
Standard for Poland-Chinas. 
Milk a Life Necessity.. 
Whey for Live Stock. 
Grain With Soiling Crops. 
Silage for Steers in Summer. 
Feeding Pigs: Culling Poultry. 
Habits of Ox Gadfly... 
Making Cottage Cheese. 
Raising Calf Without Milk. 
Storing Butter... 
Loss , of Fat in Churning. 
Tax on Ice Cream. 
Toe-Picking; Care of Little Chicks.... 
Chicks With Sore Eyes. 
HORTICULTURE 
Garden Notes from New England... 
Notes from Maryland Garden. 
Trapping Squash Bug. 
Sumac and Wild Cherry Bark. 
Everlasting Flowers. 
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From Day to Day. 
Cherries are Ripe. 
Canning Strawberries. 
How I Carried on Kindergarten Work 
Renovating Window Shades. 
Canning String Beans and Peas.... 
Destroying Ants. 
The Rural Patterns.. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Square Deal for Hired Man. 
A Friend of Burleson. 
Re-enforcing Plow Point.. 
Sure Catch Mouse Trap. 
Editorial .. 
Poison Bait for Grasshoppers. 
A Trip to Florida. 
Publisher’s Desk. 
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Long Island Poultry and Duck Growers 
Meeting 
Poultry ami duck growers of Nassau 
and Suffolk counties will meet at the 
State Institute of Applied Agriculture, 
Farmingdale. Long Island, Saturday. 
July 12. Morning and afternoon sessions 
vvili be held and a practical and interest¬ 
ing program is being arranged by the 
Nassau and Suffolk County Farm 
Bureaus, the State Institute of Applied 
Agriculture and Mr. Robert Seaman, 
president of the New York State Federa¬ 
tion of Poultry Associations. The pro¬ 
gram will include as leaders and demon¬ 
strators the best poultry authorities of 
New York State. 
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