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Tht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 1(5, 1010 
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It works all day—every day 
The Mill Wheel turns as long as there is water in the chute. 
You must know that your tractor will “go” as long as there 
is fuel in the tank. 
12 H. P. on 
Draw Bar 
25 H. P. on 
Belt Pulley 
Hubei? 
li ghth our 
Draws three 
bottoms 
Turns an acre 
an hour 
is known for its dependable service. A steady stream of power flows from 
its mighty motor through all spur gear direct to the draw bar. Light tractor 
weight combined with great traction power; high wheels that roll easier and 
increase the amount of surface “grip"; center draft on all loads, preventing 
loss of power from side pull. The combination of all these—with a dozen 
other 11 uber features—makes the Light Four the last 'word in tractor de¬ 
pendability—and fuel economy, too. 
Write for “The Tractor in the Making”, an interesting 
story of the development of the tractor as reflected in 
the successive models of the Huber for more than 
twenty years. 
THE HUBER MFG. COMPANY 
216 Center Street Marion, Ohio 
Canadian Branch, Brandon, Manitoba 
Makers of the Huber Junior Thresher 
Good territory still open for live dealers 
Weight 5 ,000 pounds; 
pulls three 14" bot¬ 
tom plows; 12 h.p. 
deli vered to the dra w- 
bar; 25 h. p. at the 
belt; Waukesha,four- 
eyliuder motor; Per- 
fex Radiator; Hyatt 
Roller Bearings; 
burns gasoline, kero¬ 
sene or distillate; cen¬ 
ter draft; two speeds, 
and 4 miles 
per hour. 
DorCt Forget last Winter! 
M AKE certain cf your feed supply. Buy an Indiana 
Silo now. You’ll be surprised at our low prices. 
We’ll make delivery immediately, from our nearest 
Factory. Write for prices. 
SELL YOUR HORSES NOW 
Save their winter feed. Cut your corn and do all your Fall work with 
the Indiana Tractor. An All ’Round One-Man-Tractor that does more 
work at less cost than any other tractor. Let us tell you what Fann¬ 
ers from Maine to Mexico say 
about it—and what it will do for 
you on your farm using the im¬ 
plements you have. 
The Indiana Silo Company 
Union Bujlding.Anderson, Ind. 
912 Silo Building.Kansas City, Mo. 
912 Indiana Building, Des Moines, la. 
912 Live Stock Exch’ge, Ft. Worth, Tex. 
$1NI 
HUBBARDS 
BONE 
BASE 
FERTILIZER 
for 
SEEDING DOWN 
(WITH POTASH) 
QNE of the famous hay makers. 
With the present price of hay it will pay to reseed that 
wornout hayfield. 
We offer this well known brand for prompt shipment. 
Send for this Booklet 
and Prices 
The Rogers & Hubbard Co. 
Dept. A 
Middletown, Conn. 
Office and Works: 
\ZS&& Portland, Conn. 
When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a 
quick reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
Crops and Farm News 
Harvesting i.s late, oil account of wet 
weather. Fall grain was a good crop, 
and all cut wheat grew in the shocks. 
There were no cherries or other fruit in 
this section, except a few apples. Po¬ 
tatoes and corn arc looking fine. Butter, 
50c; eggs, 50e; hay, $25 ton. 1 Ionov. 25c 
Per lb. j. c. M. 
Cambria Co., Pa. 
Wheat harvest very much delayed by 
almost .two weeks continuous rain. What 
remained in. the field during this time is 
badly damaged by sprouting, the standing 
as well as that in shock. Of that thrashed 
the yield is_ mostly disappointing, rating 
from S to 25 bu. per acre, with an excep¬ 
tional crop over the latter figures. To¬ 
bacco . wa,s .started unusually well and 
made good growth, but, op low or level 
ground there was too much wet, and the 
tobacco took on wilt to such an extent 
that part of some patches will probably 
offered, and most of the apple growers 
on tne i e unsuia nave adopted up-to-date 
methods of fruit production, especially in 
pruning and spraying. 
The Dominion Government July 30 de¬ 
rided to buy and market the Canadian 
wheat crop.of 1019. The crop will lie 
sold “at prevailing world prices” and 
the surplus proceeds will be divided 
among flu* original sellers of the wheat. 
Speculation and profiteering will be pro¬ 
hibited. The main features of the plan 
as announced are: 1. A board to buy 
and market the crop of 1019. 2. A cash 
payment on account to be made to the 
farmer at the time he sells his wheat. 
3. The wheat of Canada to be sold by the 
board at the prevailing world prices and 
I he surplus proceeds, after expenses are 
deducted, to lie distributed to the original 
sellers of the wheat in proportion to 
grade and quantity. 4. No speculation 
on exchanges or profiteering by handlers 
The Stacker Ready to Dump. Fig. 370. (See Rage 1303) 
be a total loss to the grower. Corn was 
planted later than usual, but made a very 
vigorous growth; may grow too much to 
fodder. Potatoes look fine, and are pro¬ 
ducing well, but there are reports of rot 
on low ground. Farmers and hucksters 
are selling them at 50 to 65c per peck, $2 
to $2.50 per bu. Wheat, $2.20; corn from 
warehouse, $2.20; bran, $44 to $40 per 
ton. Apples, 20 to 40c per half peck. 
Butter, 40 to 60c; from grocer. 60 to 68c. 
Eggs to farmers, 48 to 55c. Butcher hogs, 
$21 to $22 per cwt., alive. Milk, retail, 0 
to 12c per <jt. At present many farmers 
and others are enjoying a long-time cus¬ 
tom of taking a day off to go to the Welsh 
Mountains to pick huckleberries and have 
a good time. Sometimes nearly all of a 
family, hired man, hired girl and small 
Winter Protection for Silos. Fig. 371 
(See Page 1.103) 
children, all go. taking their lunch and 
horse feed along, some going 15 or more 
mill's. o. ii. It. 
Eastern Lancaster Co., Pa. 
The outlook for farmers in this section 
is very good, llay is a good crop; corn 
and oats promise well; potatoes are spot¬ 
ted. All market garden crops are well 
up to the average, and prices are good. 
Loose hay from the field. $20 per ton ; 
sweet corn. $2 per 10(5 ears; tomatoes, $4 
to $5 for 24-qt. basket; peas, $3 per bu.; 
corn (old), $2 per 60 lbs.; potatoes 
(new), $6 per bbl. Milk, 8c per qt, 
wholesale. Butter, 60c per lb. Eggs, 55 
to 60c, wholesale. We are having very 
timely rains, and farmers are well along 
with their work. F. s. T. 
Saratoga Co., N. Y; 
to be allowed in disposing of the crop, to 
the disadvantage of either producer or 
consumer. 5. A direct and immediate 
cash sale by the farmers and a speedy 
movement of the crop along the usual 
channels of transport. • 
The permit system devised by the Rail¬ 
road Administration and the Grain Cor¬ 
poration for controlling the shipment of 
this year's record grain crop was put 
into effect Aug. 1. Instead of the indi¬ 
vidual permit system in force last year, 
a_ blanket system will lie put int# opera¬ 
tion at the outset. Unless it develops 
that this plan does not accomplish the 
desired purpose of regulating the flow of 
grain to the capacity of elevators and the 
ability of ocean tonnage to move it. the 
individual permit system will uot be sub¬ 
stituted. 
Record prices for Jersey cattle were 
paid Aug. 4 at a sale at Mount Kisco, 
N. Y.. conducted by Edmund Butler. 
Forty-eight head brought $158,500, an 
average of $3,308 a head. L. V. WaIke- 
ley of Southington. Conn., paid $65,000 
for the Jersey hull Sybils Gamboge. Fif¬ 
teen of his get brought $44,525, an aver¬ 
age of $2,068. 
A million dollar suit was filed in Fed¬ 
eral court in Omaha, Neb., Aug. 4 by 
Edward Wells, a hanker of Fulton County, 
New York, who socks to gain possession 
of the 3.500-acre farm left by the late 
Chauncey Abbott of Schuyler, Neb. Ed¬ 
uard \\ ells says lie is the grandson of 
Abbott and that the property should have 
come to him upon his grandmother’s 
death instead of to the Nebraska heirs, 
who have possession of the land and other 
property. The Abbott farm is worth $300 
an acre and is one of the best known in 
the State. The Chauncey Abbott will 
was made 60 years ago and the grand¬ 
children and other heirs are seeking to 
break the instrument. 
Owners of irrigated lauds in the Im¬ 
perial Valley. Cal., accompanied by Sena¬ 
tor Phelan of that State, were given an 
audience by President Wilson Aug. 4, 
during which they presented a proposal 
to change the routes of irrigation canals 
serving them. The present canals run 
a part of the distance through Mexican 
territory. 
Building a Dam for Ice Pond 
(Continued from page 1202) 
Pennsylvania’s poultry is showing a 
marked improvement from conditions a 
year ago, according to a summary of re¬ 
ports issued July 30 by the State Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture. The number of lay¬ 
ing hens is declared to be 96 per cent of 
an average number for 10 years as com¬ 
pared with 80 per cent a year ago, and 
the number of Spring chicks ON tier cent, 
against SO per cent in 1018. Figures on 
colts show that the number is 17 per cent 
less than the average, but the number of 
calves is close to the average. 
The thirty-fourth annual meeting of 
the Peninsula Horticultural Society will 
he held in Chestertown. Mil., on January 
6 . 7, 8 and 0. 1020. A number of promi¬ 
nent horticulturists from beyond the 
limits of the Peninsula will he invited to 
make addresses. It is expected that the 
apple show will be larger and better than 
ever before, as liberal premiums have been 
pond during the season 1918-19 a harvest 
of ice was taken in two cuttings for which 
Mr. Cook was offered $2,500. At the 
time the photograph was taken no water 
was in the pond, as it is drained in Sum¬ 
mer to prevent the growths peculiar to 
shallow bodies of still water, and which 
would ruin the ice. Fig. 364 is a photo¬ 
graph of a dam at Morrisville; N. Y., and 
shows an entirely different form of con¬ 
struction. Here the flow of water is 
much larger, and a large opening is left 
through the dam to permit the stream to 
flow undisturbed during the Summer. 
When it is wished to fill the ponds planks 
are placed upright from the timber span¬ 
ning the top of the opening to one below, 
in this way filling the opening and causing 
the- pond to fill. In many cases a slide 
and loading platform is built as a part 
of the ice pond equipment. 
R. H. SMITH. 
