1232 
may be built under the seat, using the 
scat as a binged lid, making an appro¬ 
priate place for keeping croquet mallets 
and balls. a. h. r. 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
The Pictures 
The picture page this week covers a 
wide range of human interest. The pic¬ 
ture of the Boy Scouts Fife and Drum 
Corps of Sodus. N. Y., was taken some 
time ago. It’ shows them at the boulder 
monument to unknown dead of the Civil 
War. 
The calf* picture was taken on a farm 
in the Hudson Valley. Here are a couple 
of youngsters that ought to grow up to¬ 
gether—each with plenty of vitamines in 
the food, so as to be of great service to 
the farming of the future. We shall need 
many of these grown-up calves and kids. 
And there is a coming housekeeper. 
You see what is going on. The tether 
for the calf is being utilized for a clothes 
line, though the week's wash is very small. 
The girl with the turkeys lives near 
Trenton, N. .T.. in Mercer County. This 
is Ada May Ford. She is three years 
old. and had charge of a turkey busi¬ 
ness. Thirteen were hatched and 12 were 
raised to the size we see in the picture. 
Many of us who are very much older 
will wonder how she did it. 
Mrs. Arthur Buckhorn of Yates 
County. X. Y. sends the picture of the 
little girl and the three-month colt. This 
is one of the most natural farm pictures 
we have ever seen, but we do not like 
to have those little ones get too near a 
colt’s heels! 
Mr. L. W. Longstreet of Schuyler 
County, X". Y.. sends the picture of the 
cow, the men and the baby. That is a 
great combination—specially the baby. 
She evidently bosses the outfit. 
The little Canadian girl has called up 
the barnyard crowd for a conference. A 
true politician, she is feeding out their 
share. They will till vote for her. 
Farmers at the Tractor Demonstration 
The second big State tractor demon¬ 
stration was held at Holcomb, Ontario 
County, N. Y.. August 13-14. Approxi¬ 
mately 10.000 people were present on the 
first dav and a smaller number on the 
CONTENTS 
second. No one could study the demon- 
tration without appreciating the splendid 
manner in which Superintendent Fred 
Bell finds had laid it out. As one man 
remarked, it seemed to run itself without 
noticeable direction. 
As at Utica other farm machinery com¬ 
peted with the tractors in attracting the 
interest of the crowd. The range in¬ 
cluded everything from household conven¬ 
iences to a' hay press in operation at a 
stack of hay. Listening to the remarks 
of farmers gathered about this press, the 
impression was drawn that farmers are 
more and more leaning toward a small 
press which can be owned individually or 
by two or three neighbors, rather than 
depending upon the larger commercial 
outfits. With the increase in the number 
of gasoline engines on farms for power 
purposes, it seems likely that more and 
more individual farmers and neighborhood 
groups will be equipped with their own 
hay presses, thrashing machines, feed 
grinders and the like. 
More men were attracted to the two- 
plow outfits than to the three-plow. One 
of the demonstration fields had in it a 
little rolling ground and a rather bad 
ditch. Here a group of farmers gathered 
before the demonstration started, with the 
object, as one man was heard to remark, 
“of being on hand to see what the tractors 
would do on a real job.”’ The idea ran 
through the whole demonstration that what 
farmers wanted to know was what these 
machines would do in the rough spots and 
grades of their own fields and under the 
indifferent handling of hired men and 
mechanics whose previous training had 
been mainly with such tools as a crowbar 
and a maul. In the conversations men 
seemed more eager to learn of the per¬ 
formance of a particular tractor on some 
farm they know about than what they 
did at the demonstration. 
Quite noticeable, too. was the deference 
paid by the older men to the youths of 
IS and 20 when the tractors were dis¬ 
cussed. Twenty years ago it would have 
been an unheard of thing to see a farmer 
asking the advice of his young son in the 
purchase of a pair of horses, but in the 
case of the tractor it is different. These 
young men have had mechanical train¬ 
ing. both technical and practical, which 
their fathers lack, and the older men 
realize this. Then. too. the farmers’ sons 
are the men who are operating the trac- 
t The tractors practically all_ acquitted 
themselves beautifully. As at I tica. care¬ 
ful records were kept of the performances. 
When the demonstrations are completed 
they will be published. They will con¬ 
stitute the first group of accurate figures 
on tractor performances here in the East. 
H. A. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, AUG. 23. 1919 
EARM TOPICS 
Alfalfa, in Rotation. 1230 
Hope Farm Notes... 1238 
$1,000 Invested in a Meeting. 1241 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
A Talk About Fine Sheep. 1231 
Reaching the Corners of the Earth. 1235 
The Dog on the Road. 1236 
The Cow and the Car. 1236 
Damage by Bull. 1236 
The Exposure of a Record Fraud. 1241 
Unsuitable Pig Feed. 1248 
Feeding Treated Oats; Calf Rations. 1248 
Feeding Oat Straw; Improving Pasture.... 1248 
Cheese from Buttermilk. 1248 
Holstein Prices . 1248 
Guernsey Cattle Sale. 1248 
Does it Pay to Feed High-priced Feeds?... 1252 
Feeding for Better Cream. 1252 
Buttermilk for Pigs. 1252 
Itching Skin . 1258 
THE HENYARD 
The Hen and the Chicken Thief. 1236 
Egg-laying Contest . 1257 
Value of Sprouted Oats. 1257 
HORTICULTURE 
Fruit Growers, Massachusetts. 1234 
About the Gardens. 1239 
Grape Rot . 1239 
WOMAN AND HOME 
Ice Shortage and Primitive Refrigeration... 1233 
CThey Shall Not Pass. 1242 
'Canning Berries . 1237 
Canning String Beans... 1237 
How Manv Cans in a Bushel?. 1237 
Pastoral Parson and His Country Folks. 1244, 1245 
Scrapple, Frankfurters and Bolognas. 1245 
“Carry-on” Work for Cripple! Soldiers.... 1246 
A Soldier and His Wedding. 1246 
A Land Army Wedding... 1246 
The Home Dressmaker.1247, 1255 
Pork Does Not Keep. 1250 
Softening Fish Bones. 1250 
Preparing Salt Pork. 1250 
Dried Beef . 1250 
Yeast Cakes and Milk.. 1250 
The Hired Man’s Board. 1250 
New Schools for Old. 1255 
The Brooder House vs. the Modern Hen... 1255 
The Thoughts of a Plain Farm Woman. 1256 
MISCELLANEOUS 
The Story of the Vitamines—Part I. .1229, 1230 
The Rural Motor Express. 1231 
A Combination Lawn Seat... 1231 
The Voter’s Age.’..... 1236 
A Commercial License for Cars. 1236 
Fence Across Road. 1236 
Joint Deed to Husband and Wife. 1236 
*«#•»••••»•• • »*■•••••• »•,»•••••_•••• 1240 
High Cost of Living Investigation... 1241 
Chemical Closets in Country Schools. 1236 
Removing Lime from Teakettle. 1254 
Waterprooftnd Tent with Paraffin. 1254 
Rusty Water . ••••••. . to*! 
Canned Rhubarb Affecting Containers. 1254 
Injury to Galvanized Pipes. 1254 
Uncovered Wires in Barn.. 1254 
Pickles in Galvanized Bucket. 1254 
Notes from a Reader. 1254 
Publisher’s Desk . 
of last year, because the Northwest is 
turning out even better than indicated at 
first. It will be a peculiar market season 
in one way. The box crop may somewhat 
overshadow the barrel crop. Usually the 
two lines have not competed very closely, 
owing to difference in style, grades and 
varieties which have developed rather dis¬ 
tinct classes of trade for the two crops. 
Only the better grades of Western apples 
have come East, and they have sold large¬ 
ly to the specialized fruit, stores and for 
display purposes. The lower grades of 
barrel stock have been sold for cooking, 
while the choicer grades have gone largely 
to the grocery and family trade. Both 
classes have figured heavily in exports. 
This year, the box crop may become more 
prominent than usual in all lines of 
Eastern apple trade, owing to the light¬ 
ness of the barrel crop, especially short 
in New York State, which last year pro¬ 
duced the larger part of the barrel com¬ 
mercial supply. 
The peach crop is only about an aver¬ 
age yield, although it seems quite large 
in the North when compared with last 
year’s failure. The Southwest is ship¬ 
ping liberally, but the prices hold fairly 
high at $2.50 to $4 per bushel, wholesale, 
and the range is somewhat higher East 
than West. 
Watermelon and cantaloupe growers 
are doing their best to supplement the 
fruit upply with something quite as juicy 
and succulent. Melons at 25 to 75 cents 
wholesale, according to size, and can¬ 
taloupes at 3 to 7 cents are not to be 
called high as such things go now. The 
California brand of eanteloupes is good 
this year and sell higher than Eastern. 
But. owing to freight costs, the Central 
California producer nets the same or a 
little less than the grower in Maryland 
and Delaware, on a basis of 2 to 2% 
cents each for best grades. 
The indicated crop of field beans is 
dwindling because of drouth, added to the 
light acreage. There may be a chance 
to work off the old crop left over at fair 
prices. g. B. F. 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
OUTLOOK SUGGESTS FAIRLY GOOn MARKET 
CONDITIONS FOR THE FALL CROP 
The newspapers made a great, amount 
of stir about the railroad strike, but 
general shipments kept along at a good 
rate. They have exceeded the movement 
a year ago by about 50 per cent. No 
doubt there are losses in some producing 
sections, especially in the far b est. in 
perishable lines, like peaches and canta¬ 
loupe. The farmer, as usual, pays the 
bill. But general supplies in consuming 
markets have continued liberal enough to 
keep prices down. In fact, the range in 
most things was lower in the middle of 
the month than at the beginning. 
FARMERS WORKING FULL TIME 
So far as food is concerned, the pro¬ 
ducer keeps right on working in these 
times of strikes and time-cutting. Ilis 
is not a time job and his income depends 
on working more, not loss, h ruits and 
vegetables are filling nearly 2.000 cars 
per day. Another season of heavy crops 
is well on its way to harvest. 
SUMMER SHRINKAGE IN POTATO OUTLOOK 
The potato crop may not be so much 
of a selling problem after all The out¬ 
look depreciated heavily in July, owing 
chiefly to drouth in the West and North¬ 
west. The Eastern crop is still doing 
well, but the total prospect was cut down 
31.000.000 bushels during July and is 
now 9.000.000 bushels below the average 
of the past five years. Wholesale city 
pi*ices have tended upward when the usual 
sources of midseason supply have been 
reduced by drouth. Early Minnesota 
stock, selling at $3.50 to $5 per 100 lbs.. 
ranges a little higher than Xew_ Jersey 
in Eastern markets at $3.50-$4.50. In 
the West the Early Ohio is the leading 
early kind, while the Irish Cobbler is 
most popular in the East and Southeast. 
New Jersey has its potato innings this 
month, shipping about as many as the 
other States combined. Curiously enough, 
by the way. the average city wholesale 
prices in this country is nearly the same 
as in Australian cities, about 4c per 
pound. 
Sweet potatoes are little noticed as a 
crop, because the great bulk of production 
has been used near home, until the advent 
of a modern storage system which will 
handle this product, even the soft, juicy 
varieties, without great shrinkage. The 
production this year is likely to be nearly 
20 per cent of the combined potato crop. 
Sweets may be cheaper at times this sea¬ 
son than white sorts; acreage is heavy 
from New Jersey southward, and weather, 
although a little too wet in the South, has 
been fairly good for the crop. 
EASTERN APPLE PROSPECTS 
are going through the usual shrinkage, 
month by month, but the total apple esti¬ 
mate is ’still nearly as large as the crop 
_ Haying is nearly finished, and a good 
yield is the general report. Corn, pota¬ 
toes. oats and other crops are looking fine 
in spite of the drought earlier. We are 
getting rain in about the right amount 
now. Apples are almost an entire failure 
in this section. Berries are quite plenti¬ 
ful. League price for milk is $3.13 cwt, ; 
butter, 65c; eggs. 50c. Old potatoes,' $1 
per Ini.; new ones, 75e a peck. Labor is 
scarce and high ; farmers paid $4 a day for 
haying and higher prices in exceptional 
cases. Hired men on farms by the month 
get as much as $60 or $75, with house 
rent, wood, potatoes and milk free. With 
the high price of feed, fertilizers, seeds, 
taxes and the high cost of living, for even 
farmers in these parts buy their flour and 
sugar, besides their other groceries, how 
can any young man think of buying and 
making a living off a farm? Land is 
very high for a country town ; one man 
asks $15,000 for 98 acres, but his build¬ 
ings are exceptionally . good. Lime has 
been used in large quaitities for a few 
years, and many a worn-out farm has 
been helped. __ __ a. b. 
Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. 
Professor; “I went in the railway 
office today and got that umbrella 1 left 
in the train last week.” His Wife : That’s 
good! Where is it now 
“Eh? By Jove. T— 
afraid I left it in 
Lost. * 
August 23, 1919 
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