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Tht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 20, 1920 
Here's the Man and Here's His Work 
T HIS man is the trained repre¬ 
sentative of the Milwaukee 
Air Power Pump Co. He lives 
and works in your own county. 
His work was to increase the value 
of this farm, and increase farm 
profits. He did it by installing what 
you see in the above illustration; 
fresh water direct from the well and 
cistern to the farmhouse, barn, wa¬ 
tering trough, dairy and lawn; no 
storage tank or stale water. And he 
put electric light in all the buildings. 
He installed a flushing closet, put 
hot and cold running water in the 
farmer’s kitchen and bathroom; fresh 
drinking water direct from the well 
to the house, water in the barn for the 
cows; electric light in all buildings. 
So doing, this expert made a modern 
farm. He has been trained, and it 
costs nothing to get his advice. See 
him. Ask him what he can do for 
you; let him question you about your 
needs. If you decide he can help you, 
tell him to go ahead; and he’ll in¬ 
crease the value of your farm and 
your profits. 
We have a representative in your county. 
If you don’t know him, write us. 
MILWAUKEE AIR POWER PUMP CO., 863 3rd St., Milwaukee, Wis. 
WELL 
WATER 
Don’t Buy 
Steel or Cast Iron Water Troughs, Pump 
Troughs, Hog Troughs, Stock Trough or 
Scalders until you havo seen our cata¬ 
logue and prices. 
“Steel Tanks and Troughs made to order 
any size or shape.” 
Write for Catalogue Today 
Bausman Mfg. Co., Bausman, (Lan. Co.), Pa. 
Agents 
Wanted 
WANTED TO PURCHASE 
old or new, larse or small libraries of books, 
Autoirraph Letters, Stamps, ate., purchased 
for cash. Will call at your residence and remove purchase free of 
charge. When writing please state quantity of Books. 
Catalogue of Books Sent on Request 
THE BOOK CORNER, g,rS3&M3T& 
^eGREEN MOUNTAIN HOME, a school 
for the boy of thirteen to si xteen.who wishes 
to study horticulture. This school offers a 3- 
year course in agriculture, specializing in 
horticulture. The course is free as well as 
food, clothing, house and books. To each 
student that completes the 3-year course 
successfully the sum of $300 will be given. 
Preference Given to Sons of Soldiers 
Write E. L. Bates,Clerk, Bennington,Vt. for particulars 
Biggest Net income 
From Liberal Use of Bradley's Fertilizers 
With high-priced labor, seed and supplies the liberal 
use of the right fertilizer brings the biggest net returns. 
Active, reliable, on salary, to 
take subscriptions for Rural 
New-Yobker in Ohio. Prefer 
men who have horse or auto. 
ADDRESS 
J. C. MU LI I DLL AND 
74 North Champion Avenue 
Columbus, Ohio 
OR 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W. 30tli St., New York < 'it y 
have a reputation based on 58 years of profitable crop 
production,—a good reason for choosing Bradley’s. We 
are now prepared to supply the demand for potash goods. 
Write for our new Memorandum Book. If there is 
no Bradley agent in your section, ask us to explain about 
our agency plan. 
BRADLEY FERTILIZER WORKS 
The American Agricultural Chemical Co. 
92 State St., Boston. 2 Rector St., New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore, 
Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
D O M E S T I C.—Announcement was 
made March C that officials believed the 
tire which has raged in the underground 
Workings at the Girard Mammoth Colliery 
at Raven Run, Pa., for 35 years, is now 
under control. In a short time the burn¬ 
ing area will be opened up and hundreds 
of thousands of tons of anthracite will 
be reclaimed. 
A Delaware & Hudson freight train 
running at high speed through the fog 
near Chazy, N. Y., March 5, struck a 
sleigh and spilled several thousand dol¬ 
lars’ worth of whiskey which was being 
s. uggled into the country from Canada. 
Fire March 7 destroyed the Chamberlin 
Hotel, two large army warehouses and 
several other buildings at Old Point 
Comfort, Va., causing a loss of about 
$2,500,000. The fire burned for several 
hours before the firemen could get it un¬ 
der control, and many of the Chamber¬ 
lin’s guests, most of whom were from 
New York, lost all of their property. 
Fire originating in the trunk room of 
Safford Hall .one of the oldest buildings 
of Mount Holyoke College, Holyoke, 
Mass., March S threatened for the second 
time in its history to wipe out the entire 
college. The total damage to the build¬ 
ing will reach $75,000, and this sum will 
no doubt be increased to well over $100,- 
000 when the personal loss to the resi¬ 
dents of Stafford Hall is estimated. 
Further increase in the price of gaso¬ 
line this Spring was predicted March 10 
bv delegates attending the National Pe¬ 
troleum Congress at Chicago. A scarcity 
of petroleum was declared imminent un¬ 
less conservation measures were observed 
and greater production obtained. Many 
delegates advocated oil substitute until 
sunnlms accumulated. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—Farmers of 
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut 
have asked the American Land Service of 
32 West Forty-seventh street. New York, 
to provide 8,000 farm workers for the 
emergency period of the Summer. The 
letters indicate a great shortage of farm 
labor and the danger of decreased produc¬ 
tion. 
The State Department of Agriculture 
estimates that about 35.000 men and boys 
have left the farms of this State for the 
cities, and that only 11.000 have changed 
from other industries to farming. 
To replace 2,000.000 men lost by 
France during the war, a campaign has 
been inaugurated in Paris to increase 
greatly the manufacture of agricultural 
machinery, and especially of tractors. 
Aided hv the Government, agricultural 
committees have been formed in the rural 
districts which will formulate a pro¬ 
gram for tractor building. It is esti¬ 
mated that 25.000 tractors are needed to 
replace agricultural workers killed or 
mninmd during the war. Also it is be¬ 
lieved that it will require at least ten 
yea’s to manufacture in France all the 
agricultural machinery that country needs. 
The authorities are organizing an inter¬ 
national exposition of tractors in Paris. 
At the same time a campaign is being 
started to advocate the exclusive use of 
French machinery for agricultural work, 
thus cutting off foreign imports, espe¬ 
cially from America. 
WASHINGTON.—The action of At¬ 
torney General Palmer in allowing 
Louisiana sugar producers to charge 17 
and 18 cents a pound for sugar was the 
cause March 4 of a heated partisan de¬ 
bate in the House. The result was the 
passage of a resolution ordering the Ju¬ 
diciary Committee to make an investiga¬ 
tion. Charges were made by Republican 
leaders that Mr. Palmer, by allowing the 
Louisiana price to be increased G and 7 
cents in a few months, nearly doubled 
the price of sugar to the American con¬ 
sumers. Cuba and Western beet sugar, 
which were selling for about 11 cents 
last Fall, now cost the people 20 and 2j( 
cents a pound, it was asserted, and the 
increase followed immediately after the 
tacit approval given by Mr. Palmer’s 
action on the ground that large losses 
would have resulted to the Southern pro¬ 
ducers, because of a short crop, had not 
the increased price been allowed. 
Railroad freight rates wifi be increased 
from 20 to 25 per cent September 1, when 
the financial provisions of the new rail¬ 
road law become effective. Practically all 
estimates made by railway men and Gov¬ 
ernment authorities on the effect of the 
fixed return provisions of the new law 
run between these figures. This means a 
general freight rate increase that will ag¬ 
gregate about $200,(KM),000 a year in ad¬ 
ditional revenue for the railroads. 
Food to prevent thousands of deaths by 
starvation in Poland. Austria and Ar¬ 
menia will he rushed to these sections 
soon by the United States Grain Corpora¬ 
tion. regardless of whether Congress acts 
on the $50,000,000 European food relief 
bill, Julius II. Barnes, head of the cor¬ 
poration, informed the House Rules Com¬ 
mittee. March 5. After representatives 
of the State Department, the Y. W. C. A., 
the Federal Council of the Churches of 
Christ in America and the American 
Bankers’ Association portrayed a picture 
of human misery in these countries. Mr. 
Barnes said he felt it his duty under 
the powers of the wheat guarantee act 
to send a surplus of 5.000.000 barrels 
of low-grade flour to Central Europe on 
long-term credits. Mr. Barnes declared 
that the 5.000,000 barrels of flour cannot 
be sold in this country because it is made 
out of soft Winter wheat. 
