.GALLOWAY!? 
The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
1629 
Farm and Garden News 
Here ia your chance. Buy one of the famous 
Galloway Farm Engines or Spreaders at a special 
low price. Get in on this 80-day oiler. Save 
money. When old winter freezes, snows and 
blows, there are many jobs that a Galloway En¬ 
gine will relieve y >u-of and it works in any 
weather. Built for long and hard service. Gives 
7 actual horsepower for the price of 6. Portable 
or stationary. Big bore, # Iong stroke, heavy¬ 
weight. every part standardized and interchange¬ 
able. With a Gaiioway "frostproof" Kngfne this 
winter, you'll do your work in less time and with 
less effort than ever before. 
SPREADERS 
Note these low factory prices below—they can. 
not be matched anywhere. Fine quality spread¬ 
ers never sold for such a low iigure before and 
never will again. 
With Whirlwind Distributor 
The Galloway new whirlwind distributor abso¬ 
lutely pulverizes every bit of manure and scat¬ 
ters it six to seven tout, saving time and labor in 
spreading. Remember that Galloway has 
11 other great features that enable the 
Galloway Spreader to spread more land 
with less effort—less corse and man 
power—than any other method known. 
Factory 
Prices 
For the 
New No. 8 
*I47B 
For the 
New No. 5 
*I39 S 
For the 
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Write 
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Don’t let this SO-dnylow 
price opportunity slip by. 
Get your order in early. 
Have your engine for 
Winter work and your 
Spreader now for immedi¬ 
ate or next Spring's work 
and save big money on 
both. Write today and 
get the full facts with 
complete descriptions of 
these bargain price, qual¬ 
ity Implements. Nearby 
shipping points save you 
on the freight. Write N0W1 
VrM. CALLOWAY. Pr»». 
Wm. Galloway Co. 
275 Galloway Station 
WATERLOO, IOWA 
Ship your furs here. Our prices 
are record breaking high. We 
pny all your shipping charges on ta 
shipments of $20 and over. On 
shipments of $100 and over you get 5% L 
additional and a liberal assortment. 
Put your own valuation on. We will 
hold themseparateonrequest. Price list 
and Trapper Guide sentfrec on request \} 
“**W. 2512 ST. 
NEW YORK 
I HARRY LEVY 
SKUNK 
M. J. JEWETT A SONS, REDWOOD. N. V. 
'Dept. 29 
We pay highest cash prices fur 
all staple furs—Skunk. Mink, 
Muskrat, Raccoon, Ked Fox. 
Fancy fuisu specialty, incliul 
ing Silver and Cross Fox, 
^■ Fisher, Marten, etc. Eat. 1870. 
Our continued prompt returns and liberal policy are now 
bringing us shipments from all North America, Alaska 
to Mexico. Send for free Price List. Address 
TDADDCDCI Furs lire high ;trap- 
I 555511 CnO. ping pa y s. New 
illus. took tells how to trap fox, 
muskrat, skunk, wolf, mink, etc.,wa- 
(er den. snow, log. blind sets, etc., 
how to fasten t. apa,stretch furs, make dead falls, snares. 
Fur News, big illus. magazine, tells about fur markets, 
trapping, hunting, woodcraft, fishing, fur 1 arming, roots, herbs ; 
lota of good stories. Send 10c coin for copy of book and sample copy 
axlnc,^ FUR NEWS,71W. 23d St. . Room 507. New York 
Sabo Sure Catch Trap 
for fox, coon, Hkunk, possum, ground 
hotf. mbbit. etc., place in animal'.* 
burrow. SOLD DIRECT at factor: 
price. Write for booklet. A iron. 
wanted. Snbo Tri»|» Mftr. Co. 
31 ’A W 35th Street CLEVCLAN0, OHIO 
M7i<’n you write advertisers mention 
The Rural New-Yorker and you’ll get 
a Quick reply and a “sQuare deal.” See 
guarantee editorial page. : .i : 
The world cotton conference was made 
a permanent organization at New Orleans 
Oct. 16. Sir Herbert A. Dixon of Man¬ 
chester, England, chairman of the British 
delegation to the conference, was elected 
president and the recommendation -as 
made that the next conference be held 
in England in 1921. The recommenda¬ 
tions of the growers’ committee, which 
were unanimously approved after suspen¬ 
sion of the rules, follow; Diversification 
of crops. Recognition of country damage 
as an inexcusable economic loss. Increase 
of storage warehouses. Twelve more mar¬ 
keting systems for farmers. Indorsement 
of the formation of the American Export 
Financing Corporation. Tagging of each 
bale with the name and address of grower. 
Opposition to price fixing by Government. 
Opposition to embargo and restrictions on 
cotton in times of peace. Demand that a 
price for cotton covering cost of produc¬ 
tion and a fair profit be allowed. A 
recommendation by the growers that all 
revenue taxes be removed from cottonseed 
oil products and markets enlarged was 
rejected by the conference. 
Egbert Slocum. 65, of Wingdale, 
Dutchess County. N. Y.. died Oct. 16 as 
the result of injuries received in an attack 
made on him by a young bull in the barn¬ 
yard of his farm. The bull trampled on 
the man, fracturing his skull. Mr. Slo¬ 
cum’s son, who tried to assist his father, 
was injured painfully. 
The Argentine government has decreed 
the prohibition of hunting for nutria in 
order to conserve the species, which is 
about disappearing because of the large 
amount of commerce in these skins in the 
last three years. 
At the October meeting of the Rhode 
Island Horticultural Society, held at 
Providence. Oct. 22, E I. Farrington of 
Boston lectured .pn ‘‘What’s New in the 
Garden.” 
The annual meeting of the stockholders 
of (he Percheron Society of America will 
be held at 8 p. m., Monday. Dec. 1. 1919, 
in the Florentine Room of the Congress 
Hotel, Chicago, Ill. The annual banquet 
will be he’d on the following night at 
the same place. 
C. I.. Tracey, an alleged cattle thief 
for whom the police have been searching 
for a year, was arrested Oct. 17 at the 
farm of Paul T. Brady, vice-president of 
the Westiughouse Electric Company, at 
Patterson, Putnam Co., N. Y. Tracey 
was first arrested by the State Constabu¬ 
lary, charged with stealing cattle a year 
ago. On Oct. 17, 1918, after he had been 
taken to Sherman. Conn., for trial, he 
fought a pistol battle with the police and 
escaped. Recently it was learned that ho 
was employed at the Brady farm and 
Corporal A'. F. Boyce of the State Con¬ 
stabulary donned overalls and worked be¬ 
side him for a day before making the 
arrest. 
Declaring that the life of higher edu¬ 
cation in the United States is menaced. 
President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cor¬ 
nell University devotes the greater part 
of his annual report to the necessity of 
proper compensation of the instructing 
staffs of the great universities of the 
country. Cornell University is now 
launching a nationwide endowment fund 
campaign, having set $5,000,000 as the 
minimum amount necessary to provide a 
living wage for her professors, assistant 
professors and instructors. If the present 
pressing needs of the university are to be 
met President Schurman asserts that it 
will he necessarv to raise no less than 
$ 10 , 000 , 000 . 
The West Virginia State Department 
of Agriculture announced at Charleston 
Oct. 21 that 35.000 acres of land in 
Preston County will be converted into a 
sheep and cattle ranch, as part of the 
movement to increase sheep raising in 
West Virginia. Negotiations are undei* 
way for the purchase of the stock. 
New England Fruit Exhibit 
The combined exhibit of the New Eng¬ 
land Fruit Show and Rhode Island Fruit 
Growers’ Association will be held at 
Elks Auditorium. Providence, R. I., Nov. 
10-13. The display of fruit is expected 
to be at least 150 boxes from each New 
England State, besides many individual 
exhibits. Cash premiums of over $1,200, 
cups and other gratuities will be given. 
A section will be devoted to commercial 
exhibits, and on Nov. 12 a special effort 
will be made to bring growers and dealers 
together in a business way, with practical 
talks on preparing apples for market. 
Entries for exhibits close Nov. 4. Goods 
for exhibition should be addressed “Fruit 
Show, Elks Auditorium, Providence, R. 
I.”, and transportation charges must be 
prepaid. At time of shipment notify R. 
M. Bowen. Buttonwoods. R. I. All fruit 
shown must have been grown in the New 
Englaud States. 
“What can you tell me about Esau?” 
asked the Sunday school teacher of her 
most promising pupil in the beginners’ 
class. "Esau,” replied the young hopeful, 
with the glib alacrity of one who feels 
himself for once on safe ground. “Esau 
was the feller that wrote a book of fables 
and sold the. copyright for a bottle of pot¬ 
ash.” —Melbourne Leader. 
Xdcdoh jfafootp in. m 
Shed. the 40cu/ -unde tSfupf>enS 
tuuye ‘h&en, xfettiruf money 
fiom, the JicuSe <of 
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1919 prices will make oilier years look like 30 cents 
The 1919 Pfaelzer prices, liberal assortments and quick money will take you off 
your feet. They will open your eyes. They will establish a record, for we must 
satisfy the tremendous demand for Raw Furs and we must have them quick- 
Therefore, hurry your first 1919 shipment to the House of Pfaelzer. Write for 
the Pfaelzer price list, but ship anyway. The House of Pfaelzer will let you 
run no risk. The Pfaelzer guarantee of top prices and liberal grading is your 
absolute protection. New York is the world’s fur headquarters and the 
House of Pfaelzer is New York’s leader in boosting Prices for Raw Furs. 
M r pf 1 0 r 115-123 W. 29th Sl.,(Deskl 7 ) N.Y. 
(JLil IdClZvl OL Vsi/9 Members Raw Fur Merchants Assn. 
RAW FURS 
Write for our price list today. Highest prices paid— Square 
deal guaranteed. All shipments graded personally by our 
Mr. Maurice Rosenstiel. 
ROSENSTIEL FUR CO., Inc. 
112 West 29th Street NEW YORK 
GUARANTEED PRICE LIST 
Tag your next catch 
to Prouty! 
If you want to find the fur house that gives you 
the highest prices, if you want to insure your 
fur profits, regardless of a varying market, then 
take advantage of Prouty’s Guaranteed Price 
List System. It guarantees you more money as 
theimarket goes up; no less than the prjees list¬ 
ed if the market goes down. No other fur house 
oriel's you this exclusive Prouty feature. 
Get Bigger Fur Prices 
Eliminate the guesswork and gamble. Ship to a house 
that you know, beforehand, is sure to pay you highest 
s P®t cash" prices, a house that you can always de- 
S end upon for fair grading and prompt payment, a 
ouse whose liberal policies and honest methods have 
won the confidence of thousands of trappers in all 
parts of the world. Such a house is Prouty. 
^ over the world are flocking to New 
York. They are read y now to do their buying. Good 
furs were nevermore in demand. Record prices were 
never more assured. It is up to everv trapper to get 
in on a rising market" and protect his profits. How 
about you? 
Pur prices always reach their maximum in the New 
York market because New York is the fur market of 
the world. Prouty is the oldest and best known fur 
nouseinNew York and is therefore able to dispose of 
all your furs at the best prices the New York market 
oilers. 
SHIP TO PROUTY! 
It e need your furs! You need our Prices! 
J. L. PROUTY’S SONS, INC. 
Dealers in Raw Furs, Ginseng Roots, 
Golden Seal, etc. 
384-C West Broadway, New York City 
FUR SHIPPERS 
J IM ELLIS has never claimed that he had a 
better outlet, that he gave a better grade, that 
he paid more, or remitted more promply, than 
any other reliable dealer, BUT 
JIM ELLIS 
DOES claim that his outlet, that his grading, 
that his prices, and promptness in remitting, are 
the equal of any honorable FUR MERCHANT 
regardless of location. 
Established 1899 
JAMES P. ELLIS 
RAW FURS 
34 & 36 Mill St. Middletown, N.Y. 
Reliable Quotations Sent Free 
The temperature is drop¬ 
ping and raw fur prices are 
rising. Get your traps ready 
for the big season—the year 
of high prices. 
RAW FURS 
Thousands of shippers are 
S. & B. shippers first, last 
and always, because past 
experience has convinced 
them of the never-failing 
5. & B. policy of high prices, 
libera] assortments and im¬ 
mediate returns. 
Write for price list 
STRUCK & BOSSAK, Inc. 
151 West 28th Street New York City 
Buyers Also of Ginseng and Golden Seal 
RAW FURS 
With our boys back at peace time work—the 
prosperity of the country is shown by the ex¬ 
tensive purchases of furs by women everywhere. 
You can dinp^aeot ihe furs you trap at the beat market 
prices by aemliu* them to me—here's a typical letter. 
I got more for my catch than 1 existed— 
and will ship to you f rom now on. 
My price list lx dimple, ami you fret your money by 
return mail—ati«l I hart* e«tahliahed a world wide re¬ 
putation tor aquar** an<1 honest dealings. 
P D F C Send today for price list, grading 
1 s' a— i— slips and shipping tags. 
LOUIS BRINBERG 
26 ^est 26tk.St, dept mi-AN.VCity-©| 
