November 22, 1010 
Toe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
More than 65 bushels 
of Grain Per Acre 
Mr. W. H.Kendall of Livingston County, New York, writes: 
“I raised this year from 57 acres of oats and 13 acres 
of barley, 4573 bushels of grain. I used 280 lbs. per 
acre of your fertilizer and 1 thought that this was a 
pretty good yield. 
“ The new fertilizer arrived yesterday in fine condition 
and all right in every way.” 
Did you raise over 65 bushels of grain per 
acre on your farm this year? Mr. Kendall’s 
statement shows that it can be done. Perhaps 
we can help you. 
The strength of the E. Frank Coe brands lies 
in the sixty years of laboratory, factory and field 
experience which are behind them. They help 
you take the “guess” out or your fertilizer prob¬ 
lem and furnish you with the right sort of plant 
food in proper proportions. 
Why not*increase your grain profits this year? 
Our practical grain book answers many trouble¬ 
some questions and will help you secure 
“A Qreater Yield from Every Field” 
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The COE-MORT1MER COMPANY 
Subsidiary of the American Agricultural Chemical Co. 
51 Chambers Street New York City 
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RegisteredlUnited States Patent Office 
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For Sale— Grain, Dairy and Poultry Farms 
from 5 to 150-aeves in size in bost section of South 
Jersey. Excellent soil. Long growing season. Rea¬ 
sonable prices. Good terms. W. SI. WIII aTM. y, Elmer, N. J. 
Feeds and Feeding now $2.75 
This standard work by Henry & Mor¬ 
rison has been advanced to $2.75, at 
which price we can supply it. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th Street New York 
OLD AGE FORCES THIS BARGAIN 
on the market; 155 acres; 8-room house, painted 
white; 4 barns, ice house, milk house, hen house 
and woodshed; 3 miles from railroad town; 
practically level farm; apples, pears, cherries 
and plums; included are all dairy tools, 9 milch 
cows, team of horses, harnesses, wagons, mower, 
rake, sulky plow, sulky cultivator, reaper, 
grain drill, potato digger, hiller, spring-tooth 
harrow, bob sled's, cutter, small tools; all crops 
at time of sale. Only $4,(100; $1,500 down; bal¬ 
ance mortgage at 5 per cent. Owner 84 years 
old; has made this low price for immediate sale. 
Come at once if you want it. HALITS FARM 
AGENCY, Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y. 
Thousands^Happy Housewives 
" .WESTE81 
are helping their husbands to prosper—are giad' x .... 
they encouraged them to go whese they could make a home of their 
own —save paying rent and reduce cost of living —where they 
could reach prosperity and independence by buying on easy terms. 
Fertile Land at $15 to $30 an Acre 
— land similar to that which through many years has yielded from 20 
to 45 bushels of wheat to the acre. Hundreds of farmers in Western 
Canada have raised crops in a single season worth more than the whole 
cost of their land. With such crops come prosperity, independence, good 
homes, and all the comforts and conveniences which make for happy living. 
Farm Gardens—PouBtry— Dairying 
are sources of income second only to grain growing and stock raising. 
Good climate, good neighbors, churches, 
schools, rural telephone, etc., give you the 
opportunities of a new land with the con¬ 
veniences of old settled districts. 
For illustrated literature, maps, description of 
farm opportunities in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, 
and Alberta, reduced railway rates, etc., write 
Department of Immigration, Ottawa, Can., or 
O. G. RUTLEDGE, 
.*301 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
Canadian Government Agent. 
All Sorts 
Fertilizer Value of Corncobs 
What is the plant food value of a ton 
of corncobs or what do they contain? I 
can get them in large lots, a load of 
about two tons for 50 cents, hauled on 
the field. J. ll. R. 
Rangor, Pa. 
A ton of average corncobs will contain 
about seven pounds of nitrogen. 1.3 of 
potash and two of phosphoric acid—thus 
valuable chiefly for the potash. Of course 
the entire cob would be of little value 
as a fertilizer. In most cases it will pay 
best to burn the cobs. Thus you get their 
fuel value and use the ashes as a fer¬ 
tilizer. We have crushed the cobs in a 
grinder and used them for bedding and 
absorbent. They answer the purpose well 
and decay in the manure pile much faster 
after being crushed. They are well worth 
the price. 
Boiling Maple Syrup 
I thought of tapping some maple trees 
this Fall. Do you keep adding sap to the 
kettle when boiling it down, or do you 
fill the kettle and let it boil'down without 
adding any more sap? c. R. 
Just as sweet syrup or sugar can be 
made by one method as by the other, but 
the best grade of product can be made 
only by boiling in flat-bottomed pans, 
keeping the sap as shallow as is consis¬ 
tent with safety and adding fresh sap as 
occasion requires. Preferably this should 
be heated nearly or quite to the boiling 
point in a separate pan, and poured while 
hot into tiie pan. containing the sap that 
is in process of concentration. When 
maple sugar is manufactured on a com¬ 
mercial scale, the boiling apparatus is so 
arranged that a constant stream of sap, 
automatically regulated, flows into the 
pans, but on a small scale this will be 
hardly practicable. The chief point to be 
observed is that the syrup must not be 
allowed to burn, either upon the bottom 
or sides of the pan or kettle. 
Maple sugar can be made in the Fall or 
Winter, just ns well as in the Spring, 
provided the weather conditions are favor¬ 
able. Such conditions include bright sun¬ 
ny days, during which the temperature 
rises to 60 degrees or higher, followed 
by equally clear nights with a drop in the 
temperature to several degrees below the 
freezing point. But as a matter of fact 
such weather seldom prevails, except dur¬ 
ing the period of transition from Winter 
to Summer, for a sufficient length of time 
to allow of its profitable manufacture on a 
commercial scale, though it is frequently 
made and shown as a novelty. It will be 
necessary 'to ream out the tap-holes in 
the Spring in order to secure the Spring 
flow. C. O. OR MS REE. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC 1 . — The 70-ton fishing 
schooner the Gleaner, owned in New Bed¬ 
ford, Mass., blew up November 0 at the 
foot of Sixty-ninth street, Brooklyn, 
where she was fueling with gasolene. 
Four men were killed and two danger¬ 
ously hurt. The cause of accident is un¬ 
known. 
A nationwide attack on radical leaders 
and organizations was begun November 7 
with a series of simultaneous raids by 
Department of Justice agents in antici¬ 
pation of widespread disturbances said to 
have been planned for November 8. the 
second anniversary of the establishment 
of the Russian Soviet republic. In New 
York agents of the Department, assisted 
by members of the city’s police force and 
detectives, arrested nearly 200 persons at 
the Russian People’s House, 133 East 
Fifteenth street. In Philadelphia two 
raids resulted in the arrest of 30 persons. 
In Newark six prisoners were taken in 
two raids, in Detroit 50 radicals with 
Russian affiliations were taken and two 
were arrested in St. Louis. Even the 
smaller cities were covered by the oper¬ 
atives. and six members of the Russian 
Workers Union were arrested in Jackson, 
Mich.: six in Waterbury. Conn., and 
27 in Ansonia, Conn. All the raids were 
directed from Washington and the ar¬ 
rests were made on warrants signed by 
Commissioner of Immigration Anthony A. 
Caminetti. Included among the material 
and literature seized by Government 
agents in the raids were quantities of 
art.ieles used in making bombs, a com¬ 
plete counterfeiting plant, a large supply 
of counterfeit banknotes, thousands of 
pieces of literature, described as of the 
most inflammatory nature, and scores of 
red flags, rifles and revolvers. Among 
the men captured in the raid on the Reds 
were James Larkin, the Irish agitator, 
and Benjamin Gitlow, late Socialist As¬ 
semblyman from the Bronx. New York 
City. Both were held in $15,000 bail. 
One man was killed, a number suffered 
minor burns and ti loss which will exceed 
$1,000,000 resulted from an oil fire which 
swept eight acres of proved oil territory 
on the outskirts of Waggoner City. Tex., 
and destroyed a large part of that town 
on November 0. Acreage in this field is 
owned by many Eastern concerns. The 
lire occurred when lightning struck an oil 
tank. 
American No. 1 mine, at Bicknell, Ind., 
said to be the largest coal mine in the 
world, which was discovered on fire No¬ 
vember 7, lias been completely sealed. 
Because of the size of the mine and the 
valuable machinery it contained the fire 
is said to be one of the most disastrous 
in the country. 
Chicago clothing manufacturers who 
have been paying tribute to prevent 
strikes to the Amalgamated Clothing 
Workers of America, are afraid to testify 
before the State’s Attorney because of 
threats received from tilt' union. So 
powerful has been the union in the eyes 
of the clotning manufacturers that they 
willingly paid tributes demanded to avert 
strikes and that they might carry on their 
business. In some instances they have 
agreed to n wage toll until girls employed 
as buttonhole makers are earning as much 
as $50 a week. Louis Mintz, a small 
manufacturer, whose business was ruined, 
told the State Attorney’s office that lie in¬ 
vested $20,000 in setting up business and 
getting ready to start. He opened his 
doors when one of the officials of the 
Amalgamated Clothing Workers. Mintz 
asserted, waited on him and presented de¬ 
mands for an interest in the business. 
He refused, with the result. Mintz said, 
that it was impossible for him to do any¬ 
thing but close his shop. One Chicago 
manufacturer after (lie union closed bis 
place of business was forced by the union 
board to pay a fine of $1,000 in addition 
to granting increased wages before he was 
permitted to resume business. He was 
compelled to pay $2 additional to the 
workers for each coat turned out of the 
factory. This caused him an unnecessary 
expenditure of $2,006 a week. They also 
demanded and obtained from many em¬ 
ployers in various cities 5 per cent of 
their net earnings. This 5 per cent went 
to the union to be used, as they said, in 
case of unemployment. In other words, 
they were prepart'd to fight the employers 
with the employers’ money in case of 
strike. 
Thugs, who are believed to have been 
members of the Industrial Workers of the 
World, fired from the roof tops on a 
parade of former soldiers at Centralia, 
Wash., November II. killing three ex- 
service men and wounding several others. 
The marchers were joined by several 
hundred citizens of Centralia. who broke 
down the front of the I. W. W. building, 
burned all the books and literature they 
could find and made strenuous efforts to 
lynch 16 I. W. W.’s who were captured 
by the soldiers and were being held for 
the Centralia police. The former sol¬ 
diers fought their way through the crowd 
with their prisoners and threw them in 
jail, which they guarded to prevent the 
crowd getting the radicals and lynching 
them. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The Inter- 
State Milk Producers’ Association will 
hold its annual meeting at the Conti¬ 
nental Hotel. Philadelphia, December 1-2. 
This is the first time the association has 
planned for a banquet and a two-day 
session. The program includes a number 
of valuable addresses by well-known 
speakers, followed by a general discussion 
and question box. 
A call was issued November 8 by the 
Farmers’ National Council for a confer¬ 
ence between farmers end wage earners 
at Chicago, on November 21 and 22, to 
adopt a joint legislative plan of farmers’ 
and labor organizations to be used as a 
basis for a joint legislative reconstruction 
program. The National Co-operative As¬ 
sociation. with headquarters in Chicago, 
will co-operate with the Farmers’ Na¬ 
tional Council in holding the conference. 
_ The manufacture and sale of pure apple 
cider, whether fermented or not, is per¬ 
missible under the prohibition regula¬ 
tions. acting Collector of Internal Reve¬ 
nue Andrew J. Casey announced at Bos¬ 
ton on November It. The statement was 
in response to inquiries about the use of 
apple juice for Thanksgiving. Cider, 
either sweet or hard. Mr. Casey said, may 
be sold at the present time without re¬ 
gard to alcoholic content, although noth¬ 
ing may legally be done to increase its 
percentage of alcohol. After January 16, 
1020. however, cider can be manufac¬ 
tured and sold commercially only when 
the alcoholic content is under one-half 
of 1 per cent. 
A long Winter, as bitter as that of 
1015. when the mercury fell to 54 de¬ 
grees below zero, was predicted by trap¬ 
pers reaching The Pas, Manitoba, No¬ 
vember 11. who reported outlying settle¬ 
ments surrounded by great packs of 
wolves. This, they asserted, was a sure 
indication of cold weather. Although not 
yet ravenous, the wolves are following 
dog trains for long distances. Indians 
have killed 60 on the outskirts of The 
Pas. 
A false charge had been brought at 
bis court, and the magistrate remarked : 
“We are all liable to make mistakes. I 
thought I was wearing my watch, but I 
have just discovered that I have left it 
at home.” When he arrived home that 
evening his wife said to him: “I hope 
you got your watch all right. I gave it 
to the man from the court who called for 
it.”—New York Globe. 
