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‘JV RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
Big Helps to a Bigger 
Farm Income 
E VERY BUSHEL produced now adds more 
to the farm income than two bushels under 
normal conditions. Prices for farm products 
are likely to remain high. Every farmer has the 
opportunity to increase his income by better plan¬ 
ing and the use of better methods, to keep down 
the cost per bushel by making his acres, his labor 
and his equipment produce more. To help you 
do this, we offer free our "How-to-get-a-Crop” books, 
each dealing with a special crop. 
These handy, little books are crammed full of valuable 
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aud seeding,— diseases, enemies and spraying,— soils, cultiva¬ 
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EVENTS OF THE WEEliP 
DOMESTIC.—Twelve barrels of “whis¬ 
key” made in The Bronx, New York City, 
caused the death of 122 persons at Spring- 
field. Chicopee Falls and Holyoke, Mass., 
and 10 at Hartford. Conn., and the blind¬ 
ness and critical illness of scores of others, 
according to agents of the Department of 
Justice who were put on the case Dec. 
26. The “whiskey” was. made chiefly of 
wood alcohol and sold for $12,000. which 
was to be divided among four men. the 
agents learned. Thirty-two men are un¬ 
der arrest as a result of the investigation 
into the purchase, shipment and sale of 
the wood alcohol “whiskey.” Six of these 
men are held in New York City. Two 
other New Yorkers not identified with the 
Connecticut Valley massacre are being 
held upon suspicion of having sold the 
stuff to four unfortunates here, all four 
of whom are dead. The New Yorkers are 
held on technical charges of having vio¬ 
lated the war time prohibition laws. 
Four men were dead at Chicago Dec. 26 
from drinking wood alcohol as a substi¬ 
tute for whiskey on Christmas Day. 
Constitutionality of a State law de¬ 
signed to curtail use of foreign languages 
’n Nebraska schools as an Americaniza¬ 
tion measure was upheld by the State 
Supreme Court Dec. 26. The law, which 
applies to all public, private, parochial 
and denominational schools in the State, 
provides: That foreign languages shall 
not be employed in giving instruction on 
any subject to pupils below the ninth 
grade. That foreign languages may be 
taught in the ninth and higher grades. 
The court holds that the act docs not 
prohibit teaching of moral and religious 
matters in languages other than English. 
The law had been attacked by churches 
whose attorneys charged that its opera¬ 
tion would interfere with religious liberty. 
Increased freight rates, generally esti¬ 
mated at from 23 to 27 per cent over 
uresent rates, will follow the return of 
railroads to private ownership on March 
1. Chicago railroad officials asserted Dec. 
26. Passenger rates, however, will not 
he raised, officials agreed. No immediate 
change in service will be felt, it was said, 
but the addition of a large amount of 
equipment to bring the roads up to the 
growing requirements of the country will 
be ordered at once. 
Fire which started Dec. 29 in the 
machine shop of Flight A. Ninety-sixth 
Aero Squadron. Douglas, Ariz.. burned 
two persons seriously and destroyed 
equipment estimated as worth $100,000. 
All airplanes in proximity to the fire were 
saved. Airmen were prevented from fight¬ 
ing the flames by the explosion of 250 
aerial bombs as well as gasoline and oil 
containers. 
Platinum valued at between $50,000 
and $75,000 was stolen Dec. 28 by bur¬ 
glars who jimmied the door of the vault 
: n the plant of the Roessler & Ilasslacher 
Chemical Company, Perth Amboy, N. J. 
Tn addition, a quantity of platinum ores 
and salts was also taken, but the value 
of this is not known. All of the metal 
had been stored in pigeonholes of the 
vault. 
One hundred and fifty cases of whiskey 
concealed in a carload of hay in transit 
across the border at Vaneeboro. Me., from 
New Brunswick were seized Dec. 28 by 
a United States customs officer. It is 
said to be the largest seizure of liquor 
ever made on the Canadian-Maine border. 
Two suits for $51,660.84 damages were 
begun in the Federal Court at New Or¬ 
leans Dec. 29 against the two New Or¬ 
leans chapters of the Longshoremen’s 
Union because of the refusal of long¬ 
shoremen to unload the steamships Indier 
and Amsteldiik. laden with fertilizer, un¬ 
less their demands for 90 cents an hour 
were granted. The plaintiffs are agents 
of the Holland-America Steamship Line. 
The longshoremen, the agents stated, de¬ 
manded an increase of 10 cents an hour, 
claiming the nature of the cargo war¬ 
ranted an increase over the wage agreed 
upon under the recent award of the 
National Adjustment Board. 
Three exhausted and half frozen men, 
sole survivors of the crew of 29 of the 
Belgian steamship Anton Van Driel, were 
brought to St. Johns, N. F., Dec. 30 on 
the steamship Ingraham. For two days 
and three nights the men had clung to 
the wreck of their ship as it lay on the 
rocks that barred the entrance to St. 
Mary’s Bay. The rescue of the three sur¬ 
vivors was accomplished by the Ingraham 
against tremendous odds. The spot where 
the wreck occurred is a mass of rocks and 
ledges extending far to sea at the foot of 
precipitous cliffs. Attempt after attempt 
was made to reach the wreck, and it was 
only after hours of effort and at the 
imminent risk of their lives that men of 
the Ingraham reached the three survivors. 
WASHINGTON. — President Wilson 
ordered Dec. 26 that the seven former 
German liners now in New Y r ork harbor, 
which have been in army transport serv¬ 
ice, be turned over to Great Britain, to 
which nation they were allotted by the 
armistice terms. The President’s decision 
was based on a recommendation of the 
State Department. It was understood 
that the ships had been held by the United 
States pending settlement of an American 
claim for the 12 oil tankers taken from 
Germany and now retained by Great 
Britain. The State Department urged 
that the claims be settled independently. 
January 10, 1920 
The eighth ship of the group, the Im- 
perator, already has been turned over to 
the British and is being operated by the 
Cunard Line. 
Organized labor, represented by leaders 
of the American Federation of Labor, the 
four railway brotherhoods aud the 10 in¬ 
ternational railway unions affiliated with 
the A. F. of L., went on record Dec. 29 
as opposing not only the labor clause in 
the Cummins railroad hill with its anti¬ 
strike provision, but the President’s ac¬ 
tion in returning the roads to private 
ownership as well. 
United States Senator Hiram W. John- 
sod. of California, filed with the Secretary 
of State of South Dakota Dec. 30 an 
announcement ■ of his candidacy for the 
Republican Presidential nomination. He 
will be an independent Republican candi¬ 
date for indorsement at the South Dakota 
primaries in March. Senator Johnson’s 
petition announced that his paramount 
issue will be American freedom of speech 
and of the press, and justice with law 
and order. William Grant Webster, of 
New York City, filed an individual peti¬ 
tion as an independent candidate for the 
Republican indorsement for Vice-Presi¬ 
dent. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—In connec¬ 
tion with the Farmers’ Short Course to 
be held at Purdue University, Lafayette. 
Ind., Jan. 12-16. the following State as¬ 
sociations and State shows will be held : 
Indiana Corn Growers’ Association, Jan. 
14. 1920; Indiana Home Economies Asso¬ 
ciation, Jan. 15, 1920; Indiana State 
Dairy Association, Jan. 15-16, 1920; 
Indiana Live Stock Breeders’ Association. 
Jan. 15, 1920; Indiana Sheep Breeders’ 
and Feeders’ Ass ns.. Jan. 16, 1920; 
Indiana Angus Breeders’ Association. 
Jan. 15. 1920; Indiana Shorthorn 
Breeders’ Association. Jan. 15, 1920; 
Indiana Guernsey Breeders’ Association. 
Jan. 16, 1920; Indiana IIolstein-Frie- 
sian Association, Jan. 16, 1920; Indiana 
Jersey Cattle Club, Jan. 16, 1920. The 
State Corn Show which offers premiums 
for corn, wheat and oats will be held by 
the Indiana Corn Growers’ Association. 
Write to G. I. Christie, secretary, Lafay¬ 
ette, Ind., for premium list. An Apple 
Show will be staged by the Purdue Horti¬ 
cultural Students. Premium list may be 
secured from L. L. Newland, secretary. 
Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. A 
Ham and Bacon Show will be held by 
the Animal Husbandry Department of 
the University. The purpose of this show 
is to exhibit home-cured meats and to 
arouse interest in developing better prac¬ 
tices along these lines. Write to F. G. 
King. Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., 
for premiym list. 
Effective Dcct 28. the Candian Wheat 
Board has ordered that the price of Mani¬ 
toba wheat to mills in Canada be raised 
from $2.30 per bushel to $2.36 per bushel, 
in store at terminal elevators at Fort 
William or Port Arthur. Another regu¬ 
lation increased the maximum wholesale 
price of Government standard Spring 
wheat flour from $10.90 per barrel to 
$13.15 per barrel basis, f. o. b. cars 
Montreal. In connection with the above 
advances in the price of wheat and flour 
James Stewart, chairman of the Cana¬ 
dian Wheat Board, stated that in order 
that the consuming public may have ad¬ 
vantage of the supply of cheaper flour in 
the United States permits will be issued 
for import of the American product. 
Fixing a retail price on fresh eggs at 
50 cents a dozen by the county fair price 
commission caused retail grocers at Tope¬ 
ka, Kan., to announce that they will have 
no eggs for sale after the price becomes 
effective January 2. They declare they 
cannot buy them for that price. Produce 
dealers state they will ship their eggs 
to other points. 
The State of New South Wales, Austra¬ 
lia. has made available for repatriated 
soldiers 6.000.000 acres of land, according 
to a statement by Minister for Lands 
Ashford. About 4.0(H) former service men 
will have been placed in settlement. Com¬ 
prised in the available area are 1,620 
crown lands in the central and eastern 
divisions, 128 in the western division, 375 
in the irrigation regions, 1,475 resumed 
under Government acts and 850 for in¬ 
tense culture. Up to date upward of 
$15,000,000 worth of property has beeu 
approved for purchase as part of the 
repatriation scheme. 
The most important farm product now 
is milk, which is being sold to receiving 
stations at $4.63 for 4 per cent test. Those 
shipping direct to Philadelphia are re¬ 
ceiving 9c per qt„ less freight. Eggs 
around 80c per doz.; hogs from 18 to 20c 
per lh., dressed; corn, which was a fairly 
good crop, $1.50 per bu.; good veal calves, 
around 19c. The business outlook for the 
farmer is not very good, as rnillfeeds are 
steadily advancing, and farmers are re¬ 
ceiving no more for their products. For 
butchering cattle 8c per lb. is the high 
price, with hardly any buyers, while fresh 
cows are selling around $150 to $200. 
Fresh eggs are hard to sell for 80c. Most 
of the farmers are starting to think. 
Chester Co., Pa. j. s. 
“Are your farm hands keeping busy?” 
“Yes,” replied Farmer Corutossel. "I 
don’t see how they stand it. Besides do¬ 
ing some work on the farm they hold 
meetings, lasting eight and 10 hours a 
day, deciding on whether they are doing 
too much work.”—Washington Star. 
