Vht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Northern Ohio Notes 
Farm Gatherings. — The Western Re¬ 
serve of Ohio is now alive with fanners’ 
meetings of various sorts, prominent 
among which are the extension schools 
and the regular farmers’ institutes, soon 
to be followed by the State Grape Grow¬ 
ers’ annual meeting, and national 
gatherings from auto to coal and other's 
of kindred class, political included. 
This season Superintendent Allen is plan¬ 
ning differently with the institutes, and 
making more prominent the topics of 
more efficient ruralism, co-operative mar¬ 
keting community centers, organized in¬ 
dustries, and farm uplift generally, leav¬ 
ing the extension five-day meetings to 
discuss more largely farm crops, breeding 
and farm economics generally. Domestic 
science is more lai'gely made a feature of 
the institutes, and covers a wider range— 
less cooking, home life, hygiene and sani¬ 
tation and child cure being conspicuous, 
and from all quarters come good words 
as to the newer conduct of the institutes. 
Activities of Holstein Breeders.— 
The Holstein breeders of Ohio are plan¬ 
ning great things and have formed a great 
State association, with over 1,150 paid- 
up members. They have taken in the 
three-score or more local associations, of 
which over 25 are in Northern Ohio, and 
expect to make the Holstein cow the win¬ 
ner in the dairy industry of Ohio—of 
course, acknowledging that there are other 
excellent producing breeds with much 
reputation behind them. Meetings are 
being held over the State, new locals be¬ 
ing formed and much zeal manifested. 
As it is. the herds of Northern Ohio have 
been called upon and have supplied the 
foundation stock by the thousand to sup¬ 
ply breeders half the world round. In 
this the local society of Geauga County 
has been conspicuous, and will still con¬ 
tinue to do its part and lend its assist¬ 
ance and influence to promote the com¬ 
bined 1 State society. 
Dairy Matters. —Despite the fact that 
city milk is now selling around $3.80 to 
$4 for an S5-lb. can, a few farmers in a 
private way getting 40c; dairy matters 
are not as buoyant as they might be. and 
hardly promise better. It is not hard to 
divine that three factors are combined— 
too much official interference, politics, 
by city authorities, the very high price 
of labor and its almost disappearance and 
the still mounting price of all classes of 
cow feeds, causing a continual selling of 
dairies, little bunches of cows, and far 
too much livestock, so much so that there 
is an appreciable lowering of total 
amounts of dairy products going market- 
ward. Ask the farmer why is this, the 
common reply is: “I cannot get help; 
I am going to sell until I can bi'eak with 
the farm 50-50; I cannot raise as much 
farm produce; as a result feeds must 
therefore be bought in larger amounts, 
and then between hawk and buzzard I 
cannot count on any lasting stability of 
prices, and I think there will be found 
generally a shortening of sale.” 
The Help Problem. —Where has the 
help gone and why? The other day the 
writer was in the city of Aki'on, in the 
very center of the best farm section of 
Northern Ohio, and there was a town five 
years ago of 40,000, now of 168,000. with 
34 rubber factoi-ies, the three largest em¬ 
ploying over 15,000 each, and paying from 
$5 to $15 each per day, and work 304 
days in the yeai*. The three named are 
building to employ each 4,500 additional 
people, and between them and Cleveland, 
with new auto and truck manufacturing 
companies, they have bled Northern Ohio 
labor dry, simply because the farmer 
cannot pay such large and continued 
wages. As it is, he possibly comes out 
even at the end of the year. He sup¬ 
ported his family, but neither he or they 
could be remunerated beyond board and 
clothes, while the boy in Akron was earn¬ 
ing cash $175 to $200 a month. Why 
should the cards be stacked against this 
farmer and his family denied a living 
wage in addition, while the city man gets 
dollars to their dimes? Why should not 
this farmer strike for a six-hour day, full 
pay, time and a half for overtime, a •44- 
hour week, and now and then take a 
vacation and withhold his produce from 
the market for six weeks at a time? This 
is what some of the fanners of Ohio are 
thinking about part of the time. The 
nose and the grindstone are to part com¬ 
pany some time. 
State Taxation. —Just now State tax¬ 
ation is the paramount) question with the 
farmers, for by our present system taxes 
are away below the demand, and how to 
raise additional amounts is the question 
of the hour. A classification of taxable 
property to raise more State revenue was 
voted on last Fall, but was snowed under 
by a couple of hundred thousand majority, 
mainly the rural vote, on the ground that 
the owners of intangible property not dis¬ 
covered by the assessor would not be 
brought to view to be raised even one- 
fourth of one per cent. This is disclosed: 
That the money deposits in the banks of 
Ohio were the past year two and a fourth 
billion dollars. Only 12 per cent of this was 
listed for taxation, and this other item, 
that while the taxing wealth of the State 
has only inci'eased 50 per cent in 15 years, 
the tax demand has increased quite 350 
per cent. Ohio has a State law that tax¬ 
ation shall not go above one per cent of 
valuation, but the greatly increased cost 
of all State outlays, due mostly to paying 
interest on bonds of every description, has 
outgrown the one-per-cent law, and for 
every three dollai's raised by taxation, one 
of the three goes to pay interest on bonds. 
An increased tax is now proposed, but, 
fix it as one will, it seems as if the fai*m 
property will measurably be levied upon 
as in the past, and a way to bring out 
concealed wealth is not as yet made plain. 
It is the schools that are being crippled 
by this distressing fact. J. G. 
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RABBITS 
-1 
It Pays to Raise Hares 
S0£ cheaper than Poultry 
The future Meat of the World 
BELGIANS, FLEMISH GIANTS, 
NEW ZEALANDS 
AMERICAN BLUES 
The Principal Prize Winner*, exhibited at 
Pet Stock Shows during 1919 were the Off¬ 
spring of my foundation Stock. 
JOSEPH BLANK 
Official Judge and Registrar 
428 Highland Avenue, Dept. A 
MOUNT VERNON, N. Y. 
no? Buy NewZsaland Babbits fortune*, but as a cheap 
means of supplying meat for the table. ALTA VISTa 
BABBITRY, Brandy Station, Vo. Mr. and Mr*. B. L. Young. 
I SWINE ” 
DUROCS 
LITTLE PIGS, BRED GILTS AND SERVICE BOARS 
VISIT THE FARMS and talk with a Recognized Duroc 
Jersey Hog Authority. See the greatest Herd of Pure 
Duroc Jersey Hogs -within 500 miles. (We pay R.R. Fare 
of any buyer.) Write for Particulars and Prices. En¬ 
close 10c. for book oil “ HOW TO RAISE HOGS." 
IFe guarantee to exchange any animal purchased by 
mail if not satisfactory. 
ENFIELD FARMS 
Depl. R - 50 Church St.. New York 
FOR SPRING DELIVERIES 
Orion Cherry King Gilts 
Open or bred to 800-lb. 
Grandson of 
DEFENDER 
Send forbook 
“How to Raise Hogs." 
Drakeside Piggery 
Delaware 8 : N. J. 
FOR SALE 
Waldorf Duroc-Jersey Pigs 
Registered stock—8 to 12 weeks old. Defender 
strain. Well grown. Address 
WALDORF FARMS, No. Chatham, N. Y. 
Duroc-Jerseys of Quality 
Young and matured stock, either sex. Most up-to- 
date blood lines. U. H. LUCKJS, Spring Valley, N.Y. 
KINDERHOOK DUROC Specials 
400 lb. bred yearlings 300 lb. bred Spring gilts 
175 lb. open Pall gilts 1 top yearling boar 
Prices from 1. B. »»n llitjue, l’rc>., lloy MeVcugh, Bn,. Mgr. 
For Sale — ^0 Extra Nice Gilts Jcrecye 
open, 2 bred. Service boars and pigs all look alike. The 
kind you like. SHENANGO RIVER FARMS, Fredonla.Pa. 
REGISTERED PURE BRED 
O. I. C. HERD BOAR 
Two Sows and Two Gilts open or bred 
Best Silver Premium Lines 
CARLOU O. I. C. Farm 
Delaware, N. J. 
Chester Whites 
Boars ready for service and fall pigs from the best 
blood lines of the breed. Priced to sell. 
FALCON'S FLIGHT FARMS. - Litchfield, Conn. 
Reg. Chester White Service Boars 
ANI> FALL PIGS, PAIR AND TRIO NOT AKIN 
A. A. SCHOFELL, Ileuveltou, N. Y. 
O f f* OR CHESTER WTTTTK Rig Type PRIZE 
• Aa V/a WINNERS, l’ig., #15each prep-'id. 
Address GEO. F. G1UFFIE, H 8, NEWVILLE, PA. 
For Sale. 19 Months old. Eligible 
to register. Price *75. Crated and 
shipped f.o.b. Califon. FREE. Ntatilednrer, Califon, N, J 
01.C. Service Boar 
BERKSHIRES 
Locust Valley Farm 
» BERKSHIRCS * 
RUSSELL GRINNELL, Owr.er 
EXETER, :: RHODE ISLAND 
'H<5 (BEST is none too good, our 
a efforts are still being exerted to make 
‘CHE CHAMPION of tomorrow a 
better HOQ than the (BEST today. 
(Boars, Qilts and Fall Pigs. 
SIZE • QUALITY • BREEDING 
ADDRESS: 
Walter J&uncey, Jr„ Mgr 
FLINTSTONE BERKSHIRES 
Pearls Successor 8th. 255708 
Grand Champion Boar 1919 at Detroit and at 
the Eastern States Exposition. 
We have a large number of sows bred to this boar for 
March and April farrow. Reserve Spring pigs early. 
Herd Cholera immune, guaranteed breeders 
Our Motto: “Good Size with Quality" 
Flintstone Farm :: Dalton, Mass. 
PROLIFIC BERKSHIRES 
A few'Sow Pigs farrowed Spring, 1919. Sired 
by Rival Longfellow 20th, No. 238095 and by 
Karhas DukeLongfellow3rd. No. 267474. Boars 
and Boar Pigs are all sold. Bookingordersfor 
1920 pigs. Trios not related. Some choice bred 
Sows. 
KARHA FARM PARKSVILLE, 
geo. l. barker, supt. Sullivan Co., N.Y. 
SMITHSON HERD Berkshires 
20 High Class Brood Sows 
Bred To Our Great Boars. For March 
Farrow. For Prices Write 
CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM 
G. SMITH & SONS SeelyviUe, Pa. 
CAT ROCK FARM Berkshires 
Are prolific breeders with size and conformation: 
cholera immnned; 300 head; bred gilts and boars 
ready for service. Special prices on boar and sow 
pigs and trios. Every animal just as represented 
and must be satisfactory to purchaser or money re¬ 
funded. Have just shipped 23 head to Cuba. 
CAT ROCK FARM, Westwood, Mass. 
Large Berkshires 
AT HIGHWOOD: 
Berkshires with size and stretch that have been bred 
for site and prolificacy for twenty years. Gilts bred 
for April and May farrow. Sold out of gilts bred for 
March. Unrelated fall boars. Sold out of spring of 
191$ boars. 
H. C. S H. B. HARPENDING. BOX 15, DUNDEE. N. T. 
BLYTHEWOOD 
BERKSHIRES 
Boars ready for service. Sired by Iowana Royal 48th, 
231661 and Ames Rival 136th, 228372. Bred Sows safe in 
pig to Iowana Royal 48th and Majestic Lion 255936, two 
great boars of the breed Iowana Royal Royal 48th is 
getting some great pigs which is tho best proof that he 
is one of the best Boars of the breed. 
BLYTHEWOOD FARMS, Pittsfield. Mass. 
SWINE 
I 3 oland-Ohina I 3 I G S 
of a Quality that Distinguishes them from ALL others; 
that Competitors Envy and do not Equal. Blood-Lines 
that are Producing tho Champions and Grand Cham¬ 
pions of To-Day.Viz.: The Big-Bob and the Cisher’s Giant 
Families. Dr. KNOX. Box SO. Danbury. Connacticut 
Big Type POLAND-CHINAS 
Best Western blood. Shipped anywhere by Express- 
Write for prices and let me tell you about my Pigs- 
G. S. HALL - Farmdale, Ohio 
Reg. Hampshire PIGS 
very prolific. $10 each. Barred Rock and Black 
Minorca Cockerels from exhibition stock, $4 and 
S5 each. B. Giant Hares, all ages, $2 Pair and up. 
ELITE STOCK FARM. F. H. Rivenburg. Proy.. Munnsville, N.Y. 
TAMWORfflaJHAMPSHfRE SWINE 
write or visit REYNOLDS-LYBROOK FARMS COMPANY 
Successor to Westview Stock Farm 
K. 1 Winston-Salem, N. C. 
A Real Herd Boar For Sale rSEd 
Sept. 16,1917. Weight, 600 lbs. 0. V. tUKElt, I.eltajullle, l’a. 
Don ft I f£fW Service Boars and Gilts. Satisfac- 
Ac}?. U. 1. v,.0t L. II. tion and safe delivery guaranteed. 
JOHN L. VAN HORN, Troy, FA. 
Q|C and Chester White faUTioars and bred sows. 
Sr KINO Vai.i.ey Farm, 
MEiiruis, N. Y. 
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BERKSHIRES 
STONE’S 
BERKSHIRES 
They are splendid hogs—the kind that 
produce pork at a profit. They are the 
farmers’ type, because they turn feed into 
pork at a profit. They are the chosen type 
of the more progressive modern breeders, 
who require size and quick development. 
The uniform growthiness of all the pigs in 
the litters of our herd is perhaps its most 
unusual quality. Their popularity has been 
built upon the practical pork quality of 
size, early maturity and easy feeding abil¬ 
ity. We have on our farm the largest and 
best herd of EPOCHALS in the East. We 
believe you will like them. We know we do. 
Epochal of Stone Farm 
No. 255848 
An English-bred boar stands at the head 
of our herd. He is full brother to the first 
son of Imported Epochal, that sold for 
ten thousand dollars. The Epochal Berk¬ 
shires won more prizes than any other herd 
exhibited in 1919. A grand total awards of 
234. First prize and grand championship 
to one exhibitor. We have a number of his 
Spring gilts bred to sons of Superior and 
Superb Emblem for March, April and May 
litters. They are large size, smooth young¬ 
sters, with short noses, broad backs and 
heavy hams. We also offer a number of 
yearling sows safe in pig for January, Feb¬ 
ruary and March litters, and can furnish 
young boars not related to the sows or the 
litters they carry, thus making a desirable 
foundation for a purebred registered herd 
of Berkshires of standard type. We also 
offer Fall and Winter pigs of both sex. 
We record and transfer ownership to pur¬ 
chaser. Also pay express charges within 
1,000 miles in the U. S., and guarantee 
safe arrival. Orders booked for bred sows, 
also yonng pigs. If you want the best of 
the breed, come to headquarters for them. 
RICHARD H. STONE, Trumansburg, N. Y. 
BERKSHIRES 
Very select number of bred gilts sired by 
HIGHWOOD RIVAL 236th, 249.020 
Also Service Boars and some Fall Pigs. 
Send for descriptive circular. 
DONALD WOODWARD FARM, LE ROY. N. Y. 
Choice Berkshires 
We have some extra nice young 
boars, sows and gilts of Masterpiece 
and Double Champion 33rd breed¬ 
ing at prices that are right. 
Webb Farms, Box R, Clinton Corners, N.Y. 
PIGS ON PAYMENTS W5 
start in pure bred Berkshires and don't have enough 
money, don’t worry. We will ship your pigs and let you 
pay by the month. Wrtteat once for special payment 
plan. THEP0RKMAKER HERO OF BERKSHIRES. Box 110, Palatint, Illinois 
Berkshires of Quality for Spring Farrow. 
Summer and Fall pigs, either sex. Priced reasonable, 
breeding considered. S1LVEH SPUI.NG n km, Hampton, Pa 
RApIreklrae Some thrifty boar pigs left. Reg., $15 
DQiltaniiOS to $20; unreg., $8 to $ 12, according to 
size. Unusual values. CLoYEHDaLE, FARM, Charlotte S.Y. 
Prolific BerkshiresrndMp® 
Priced to sell. JSO. B. BREAM, It. L>. No. 4, 6ettj«burg, Pa 
LARGE TYPE BERKSHIRE 
Select you a breeder from a 13-pig litter. Pay after 
you see the stock. DAVID WIANT, Huntington Mills, Pa. 
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