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January 24, 1920 
Tfc RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
All Sorts 
Subscribers’ Exchange' 
Other Advertisments of Subscribers* 
Exhange will be found on page 183. 
WANTED—Largo boarding house. MUELLER, 
131 Patchen Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
TO RENT—One of best equipped dairy farms 
Western New York; 220 acres; level and tilla¬ 
ble; very fertile; 31 acres of wheat yielded 42 
bu. per acre; 3 complete sets of buildings: large 
covered yard, etc.; stocked with sheep and pure¬ 
bred Holsteins; good market for milk; just off 
State road; will give right party excellent op¬ 
portunities; state experience, etc., in first letter, 
H. L. ORR, Rock Stream, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Farm 23 acres, 64 miles from New 
York; 20 tillable; rest woodland; complete, 
$3,700. ED. HEDBOURNY, Port Murray, N. J. 
WANTED—Will buy small place within 30 miles 
of New York with buildings in good condi¬ 
tion; will rent farm of 150 acres, stocked, if 
owner will make terms that otter capable man 
an opportunity to make living. ADVERTISER 
0332. care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE or RENT—100-acre farm, right bank 
on Hudson; good land; easy terms. ADVER¬ 
TISER 0330, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FERTILE 214-acre Montg. Co., Pa., farm; large 
level fields, suitable for tractor; 11-room 
house, pipeless heater, ’phone: large barn, silos, 
hay barn; electric lights and power: milking ma¬ 
chines; never-failing water; plenty fruit: % 
mile to town and railroad; good roads; near high 
school: Philadelphia and New York markets; 
low priced at $19,500. PALMDALE FARM, 
Palm, Pa. 
TO RENT, at Babylon, Long Island, chicken 
farm on trolley line three-quarters of a mile 
from depot: 15 acres woodland, 10 acres tillable; 
700 fruit trees; 7-room house with electric light; 
incubator house; brooder house with hot water 
system for 2,500 chicks; laying house for 2,000; 
barn and other farm buildings. ADVERTISER 
6345, care Rural New-Yorker, 
FOR SALE—152-acre farm in high state of cul¬ 
tivation. situated in Adams County fruit belt; 
35 acres in apple and peach, 7 and 9 years old, 
in fine condition, just coming into bearing; build¬ 
ings in good condition; running water in house 
and barn; open spring in every field on the farm: 
will sell stock and machinery with farm and 
give possession at once; reason for selling is bad 
health; this farm is located along the Lincoln 
Highway, two miles from Gettysburg. Write 
for full particulars ADVERTISER 6346, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Well equipped farm of about 50 
acres, with stock and tools; under high culti¬ 
vation and near large market. If interested, 
write P. O. BOX 23. Naugatuck, Conn. 
FOR RENT—Gentleman’s farm. 100 acres, half 
cultivable, near Pittsfield, Mass.; rich soil, 
drained, on busy State road: good market; two 
barns, chicken houses, Incubators; small farm 
house; will rent, with stock, tools, etc., to right 
party; no cash required: nearby farm cleared 
$3,000 last year. Address BOX 365, Roslvn, 
L. I., Y. N. 
AN OPPORTUNITY for small investment; 10 
acres, some fruit, 3 acres under good cultiva¬ 
tion; 4-room house, one frame started for up- 
to-date bungalow 22x38 on one 5-acre lot; can 
be split if so desired; this is one of the best 
poultry raising districts in South Jersey; $1,400 
for both; cash or terms, ADVERTISER 6350, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—To buy small farm in Monmouth 
County, N. ,T.. suitable for raising fruits, ber¬ 
ries and veget.'ililes, near good school and mar¬ 
kets: possession in March: give full particulars, 
ADVERTISER 6347, care Rural New-Yorker. 
Our New Handy Binder 
Sides are heavy Book Board, Imita¬ 
tion Leather Back and Corners, 
Cloth Sides, Two Tongues Inside. 
Inside of Cover Neat Lining Paper, 
Stamped in Gold— ‘ Rural New- 
Yorker”— on outside. 
Will hold 52 issues, or more. 
Sent prepaid upon receipt of 
price, 65c. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th St. New York City 
AGENTS WANTED 
Active, reliable, on salary, to take subscriptions 
for Rural New-Yorker in Schuyler and 
Chemung Counties, N. Y. 
Prefer men who have horse or auto. 
Address 
JOHN G. COOPER, 2465 W. State St., OLEAN, N.Y. or 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W 30th Street New York City 
WILL RENT, with option to buy, a poultry 
plant, about 15 to 25 acres, within commuting 
distance of N. Y.; dwelling 8 or 9 rooms; de¬ 
scribe fully, terms, etc., in first letter. AD¬ 
VERTISER 6340, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR RENT—A very good farm in Dutchess 
County. N. Y.. about 225 acres; 170 tillable; 
good modern buildings; less than one mile from 
two railroad stations. Address ADVERTISER 
6354, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—A very good farm in Dutchess 
County, N. Y.; about 120 acres of land, with 
good, modern buildings: less than one mile from 
two railroad stations. ADVERTISER 6353, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE at a bargain: a fine dairy farm of 
190 acres in Northern Pennsylvania; good 
buildings, good location; will sacrifice for $8,500; 
$2,500 cash; balance on easy terms; complete 
equipment will also be sold if desired. ADVER¬ 
TISER 6351, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—250 acres; good 12-room house, 
stock barn, horse barn, icehouse, chicken 
houses, hoghouse; water in house and barn: ideal 
for stock or dairy; could be used to great ad¬ 
vantage for Summer boarders: on dirt road: 60 
miles from New York; price $5,500; terms. 
ADVERTISER 6368, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—A middle-aged man with some capi¬ 
tal to invest in stock; have about 300 acres, 
tools, horses, implements and everything to do 
with; to eliminate the anxiety of hired help 
this is a good opportunity for a reliable man to 
take active interest in a permanent occupation; 
50 miles north of New York: references as to 
character, etc., exchanged. ADVERTISER 6369, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Apple orchard in Western North 
Carolina; 60 acres of land; 500 assorted apple 
trees from 5 to 18 years old, only Winter varie¬ 
ties; in fine condition; 20 acres more good 
fruit land, not cleared; well watered: small 
house and stable; four miles from station: fine 
location for Summer borne. For further particu¬ 
lars, address JOHN C. ORR, Emory, Va. 
WANTED—Equipped farm, 40-50 acres, near 
good market; good buildings; some > wood: 
$1,500 down; balance terms. ADVERTISER 
6366, rare Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE OR RENT—325 acres; rich soil, 
mostly all under cultivation: good buildings; 
1.000 peach trees; rent $1,500, including two 
teams, feed, all machinery; price $100 acre. 
MEYERS. Hopewell, N. .1. 
FOR SALE—500-acre farm; fine buildings, con¬ 
crete silo, farming tools, teams, etc.; $12,000; 
write for particulars. ALBERT MATTISON, 
South Berlin. N. Y. 
WANTED—To rent, farm, about 40 acres; with 
all or part of equipment preferred: would under 
agreeable terms specialize in rebuilding run¬ 
down soil; give full particulars in first letter. 
ADVERTISER 6362, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—One-man farm; 2% miles, good 
roads, to station; American neighborhood; 
mostly tillable early soil: unfailing water sup¬ 
ply. ADVERTISER 6355, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
Miscellaneous 
WANTED—Several carloads of horse or cow 
manure; state price. JOHN F. WILKENS, 
Peek-skill, N. Y. 
PURE MAPLE SUGAR AND SYRUP—Orders 
hooked at market price for new crop. Advise 
requirements. RANSOM FARM. Geneva, Ohio. 
FOR SALE—3,000-egg Candee incubator: also 
two Blue Hen brooder stoves: all perfect con¬ 
dition. HARRY F. PALMER. Middleport. N. Y. 
WANTED—To buy a Fordson tractor with plow; 
would like to turn in one or two Ford automo¬ 
biles. or would like to sell the two ears. JAMES 
C. GIIESRRO, 277 W. Main St.. Fredonia. N. Y. 
TOWER two-row cultivator, practicallv new; 
guaranteed; first $50 check takes it. JOHN C. 
BREAM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
SIX-TON locomobile dump truck, good running 
order, $600; body and hydraulic lift separately. 
$300; nearly new parts for Bates steel mule at 
one-half of list price: Emerson three-bottom 
tractor plow for $80. W. EDISON. Morristown. 
N. ,T. 
WANTED—600-egg Buckeye incubator. Write 
DYRING, Coehecton, Center, N. Y. 
WANTED—100 bu. oats for poultry: sacks fur¬ 
nished: quote lowest price. BLUE RIDGE 
FARM, Thurruont, Md. 
OI.D POPCORN—Sure pop (shelled). 20 or more 
Ihs., parcel post at 16c lb. to second zone: be¬ 
yond. add extra postage. W. HALBERT. Ox¬ 
ford. N. Y. 
POP CORN—Pops perfectly; 10c per pound; 10- 
pound lots delivered east of Mississippi. 
SKINNER POULTRY FARM. Greene. N. Y. 
WANTED—The names and addresses of parties 
desiring to obtain fresh eggs, dressed poultry 
and garden truck in season: will begin shipnin'g 
eggs and poultry March 1. WARD C. ROGERS, 
Towners, N. Y. 
WANTED—Mammoth incubator, from 3.000 to 
10.000-egg capacity: give full particulars and 
price. W. H. DAYTON, Jefferson. R. I). No. 3. 
N. Y. 
CYPHERS incubator, 144-egg, $15. H. N. 
FLEMING, Erie, Pa. 
15.000 No. 3 TIN CANS—2 7/16-inch openings, 
solder hemmed caps: some rusty; some not; 
$15 per M. n. N. FLEMING. Erie. Pa. 
WANTED—Riding plow: standard make; good 
condition. M. J. TROWBRIDGE. Bethel. 
Conn. 
WANTED—Carload red cedar or locust posts. 8 
ft long. 5-in. tops: state price and quality. 
ADVERT ISER 6335. care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—One Ilardie barrel spraying outfit. 
No. 26. N. G. HINE. Route 3, Seymour. Conn. 
WANTED—Two or mor» cars of good horse hay. 
No. 1 and 2 grade; also some stock hav: give 
price f. o. 1). HARVEY MOORE. R. F. D. No. 
2, Naugatuck, Conn. 
HONEY—Fine quality buckwheat extracted 
honey at my shipping station, 60-lb. can. $12; 
10-lb. pails in lots of 2 or more. $2.85; 5-lb. 
pails, 2 or more, $1.25 each; by parcel post pre¬ 
paid, 12-lb. cans in second zone, $3.25: third 
zone, $3.40; also some tine clover honey. Send 
for prices. RAY C. WILCOX, West Danby, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—400 three-gallon capacity Nelson or¬ 
chard heaters; all as good as new: also one 
100-gallon oil tank; no reasonable ofi'or refused 
GEO. W. COCHRAN. Glen Riddle. Pa. 
FOR SALE—15 h.p. boiler, 1 Rippley heater. 
each $25; two 350-egg Buffalo incubators. $15 
each. 13. A. SPIES, Preston, Md. 
Home-made Sugar Syrup 
There seems to be a great shortage of 
sugar in the country ; at least I have a 
hard time, sometimes getting half a 
pound, and I presume farmers cannot do 
as well as I do. If a farmer raised sugar 
beets, could he make sugar by grinding 
the beets to a pulp, squeezing out the 
juice in a cider press and boiling it down 
the same as they made maple sugar be¬ 
fore the evaporators came into use? 
New York. g. h. m. 
It is not likely that you would be satis¬ 
fied with any substance you could make 
iu the way you mention. The Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture at Washington will 
send you a pamphlet telling how to make 
a syrup from sugar beets. This is done 
by washing the beets, and then slicing 
them with a knife, a hatchet, a kraut 
cutter or some similar tool. The sliced 
beets are then soaked in warm water. 
This washes the sugar out of them. It 
is not necessary to crush the beets in a 
press. The liquid produced from wash¬ 
ing out the beet slices with hot water is 
evaporated in the ordinary way by cook¬ 
ing over a hot fire. A quantity of lime 
is added, and the scum which rises to the 
surface is taken off. If you cook long 
enough without burning this liquid, you 
will have a thick, dark-looking syrup, 
which has a sweet taste, but also an un¬ 
pleasant flavor which makes it quite of¬ 
fensive to many people. We have tried 
this, and a number of others have re¬ 
ported their operations. For a time the 
Department of Agriculture advised this 
method, but of late they seem to have 
withdrawn this advice, and we have seen 
little of it during the past season. We 
doubt if a satisfactory syrup can be made 
in this way, and it would be still more 
difficult to make sugar. We do not be¬ 
lieve the plan is practical, and we would 
not advise any particular investment in 
machinery or apparatus for working out 
the plan. 
We think a small patch of sorghum, 
which may be grown like corn, could be 
used in making more satisfactory syrup, 
provided you can find a press for taking 
out the juice or sap. This juice can be 
evaporated and boiled down to a thick 
s.vrup which would be quite satisfactory 
as a sweet. We understand that many 
farmers are planning to grow a patch of 
sorghum or cane this year. It would, of 
Course, be desirable if every farm family 
could have a few’ hives of bees, as honey 
is a very good substitute for sugar for 
many purposes. 
Pipeless Furnace; Oil for Heating 
I noticed several advertisements of 
pipeless furnaces in The R. N.-Y., and I 
would like to. know whether these are 
thoroughly satisfactory. Reasoning from 
the ordinary point of view the heat would 
be almost unbearable on the first floor, 
and in houses where there are corridors, 
tlie rooms at the end on the second and 
third floors would certainly receive very 
little heat. Again, a client of mine who 
has traveled throughout Minnesota and 
neighboring States, informs me that they 
were considered unsatisfactory at places 
where she stayed. Can you tell me if a 
fuel oil burner could be installed in a coal 
furnace for heating a house? At the 
present time, with the constant changes in 
the temperature, considerable coal is wast¬ 
ed keeping the furnace going, whereas 
with a fuel oil "burner installed in the coal 
pit of the furnace one could light the oil, 
and he would have heat in a very short 
time, and next day if the temperature rose 
the furnace could be instantly closed off 
with a large saving of fuel, and there 
would be no ashes to gather. j. l. g. 
Newark, N. J. 
M.v own observation of those furnaces 
has been confined to the one used now for 
two seasons in my eight-room two-story 
house, and to several used by my neighbors 
in ordinary farmhouses. My own furnace 
has been satisfactory, heating my house 
through the coldest Winter I have ever 
known f 1017-18) as well, I think, as any 
hot air installation would. I do not, how¬ 
ever, heat the second floor, this being 
used only for sleeping purposes and re¬ 
quiring only enough heat to take the chill 
off. This is the third furnace that I have 
personally installed, the others being of 
the ordinary type, and I have had oppor¬ 
tunity to compare results. Neighbors who 
heat larger houses and more rooms speak 
well of these heaters and seem well satis¬ 
fied with them. Heat is more evenly dis¬ 
tributed by these furnaces than would nat¬ 
urally be thought. The room into which 
the hot air is discharged is warmer than 
any other, but the heated air seems to go 
to other rooms without difficulty, and the 
difference in temperature is not what one 
anight expect. As warm air naturally 
rise*, there is no difficulty in heating 
rooms upon the second floor, though, if 
they were at the end of a long corridor, I 
do not know what the result would be. 
I note that some manufacturers say that 
oil or gas may be used in these heaters, and 
I certainly see no reason why they could 
not be. I would suggest that you take this 
matter up with the maker of any furnace 
in which yon are interested and get the 
advice of their experts in the matter. 
M. B. D. 
The Odd Jobs List 
The list of purchases to be made in 
town is familar to all. Less common, 
hut no less useful, is the odd job list. 
"When engaged in regular field work, such 
as plowing, cultivating, harvesting, seed¬ 
ing, etc., everyone about the farm knows 
what to do without consulting a mem¬ 
orandum or schedule of any kind ; but let 
a storm stop field work and all hands are 
idle until someone thinks up something 
to be done. If odd jobs are earnestly 
looked for, there are so many of them 
that usually it is decided a trip to town 
or to mill is necessary, and the odd jobs 
are let go. By odd jobs is meant short 
hits of work about house, barn, toolshed, 
fences, etc., whether it be repair work, 
improvements or actual construction. It 
is often said that it takes more time to 
change from one job to another than it 
does to do these necessay little jobs of 
work, and most men would rather do 
straight field work. However, the odd 
job must be done, and a list jotted down 
as the need becomes apparent to one, or 
when planning next day’s work, is a great 
help in getting such jobs done, as they 
are all there before the eye when planning 
th(> work, so there will be little lost time, 
no important job overlooked and the work 
generally systematized. 
A small tablet is handy in keeping 
such a list, or pieces of blank paper will 
do, and as each item is performed it 
should be crossed off and the sheet dis¬ 
carded when all its items are attended to. 
This may seem troublesome to some, hut 
really it is not. A sample list might 
read: ‘‘Set a new post in Brown’s line 
fence. Set out some early cabbage plants 
in garden. But new holts in corn culti¬ 
vator, and take off teeth to he sharpened. 
Clean out cistern and fix pump. Clean 
out chicken house and whitewash walls 
and perches. Put in new mower knife 
sections and grind sickles. Clean, mend 
and oil harness.” It is surprising how 
much one can accomplish when working 
by such a list, and what a help it is in 
keeping up with the work. A definite 
plan for field work is a great help also, 
especially as to the next job following one 
about to he fiuished. 
Ohio. W. E. DUCKWALL. 
Tanning Small Furs 
I saw an article in The R. N.-Y. about 
tanning furs. The solution was two parts 
of salt, two parts of alum and one part 
of saltpeter. Could you tell me how 
much of each to use in tanning a musk¬ 
rat or skunk hide? Is water used? Could 
you please give full directions. 
Fi.shkill, N. Y. c. A. L. 
Use just the amount of water necessary 
in order to wash, work, soak and other¬ 
wise manipulate the skins that you have. 
This, of course, will depend upon their 
number and size, and a few other factors. 
There is no hard and fast rule about the 
strength of the solution, or even the com¬ 
parative quantities of the tanning ingre¬ 
dients when working upon a small scale. 
In very extensive operations these fac¬ 
tors might make a slight economical dif¬ 
ference. hut with a few skins and in home 
work there is no appreciable difference. 
The skins will take just the amount of 
each ingredient that they need, and no 
more, and if the solution is too strong, 
or if it is too rich in any ingredient, the 
surplus will he wasted. If too weak, a 
longer time will be required in which to 
make perfect work. One will know, 
instinctively, by the appearance and feel¬ 
ing of the skin when the tanning process 
is complete, and this is something that 
cannot be put upon paper. If you make 
the solution strong enough so that the 
hydrometer registers at two degreese, you 
will make no mistake. Practically this 
is just about strong enough to bear an egg 
in good shape. c. o. ormsbee. 
Federation of Agriculture 
The New York Federation of Agricul¬ 
ture has changed its by-laws to take 
direct memberships. Any farmer in the 
State, farmer’s wife, son, daughter and 
hired man may become a member. Each 
member will have one secret vote by mail, 
and the vote will elect officers and decide 
the policies of the organization. It is 
the real organized co-operative principle 
applied to farm organization. Everyone 
will wish to belong who wants to see 
farmers decide their own problems and 
choose their own spokesmen. For state¬ 
ment of purposes send your address 
Executive Committee. F. of A., 335 West 
30th Street, New York City. 
