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The Rural New-Yorker 
THE BUSINESS FARMER'S BA PEE 
A. National Weekly Journal l'or Country and Suburban llomea 
Established iSiO 
Publifliod weekly by the Rural Pnblishlne Company, 833 West 30th Street, Sew York 
Herbert W. Oollingwood, President and Editor. 
John J. Dillon, Treasurer and General Manager. 
Wm. F. Dillon, Secretary. Mrs. E. T. Royle. Associate Editor. 
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“A SQUARE DEAL” 
We believe that every advertisement in this paper is backed by a respon¬ 
sible person. We use every possible precaution and admit the advertising of 
reliable houses only. But to make doubly sure, we will make good any loss 
to paid subscribers sustained by trusting any deliberate swindler, irrespon¬ 
sible advertisers or misleading advertisements in our columns, and any 
such swindler will be publicly exposed. We are also often called upon 
to adjust differences or mistakes between our subscribers and honest, 
responsible houses, whether advertisers or not. We willingly use our good 
offices to this end, but such cases should not be confused with dishonest 
transactions. We protect subscribers against rogues, but we will not be 
responsible for the debts of honest bankrupts sanctioned by the courts. 
Notice of the complaint must be sent to us within one month of the time of 
the transaction, and to identify it, you should mention The Rural New- 
Yorker when writing the advertiser. 
Farm papers, good, bad and indifferent, have come 
to my desk for many years, although I did not own a 
farm until recently. The Rural New-Yorker has now 
been coming to my desk for a year or so, and it-: always 
anticipated several days before tin 1 carrier brings it. 
It is so welcome because “if is a little school in itself .” 
Jt never fails to bring a message of helpfulness just 
when most needed. I feel sure it can't- displease the 
publishers to hear occasionally from some subscriber 
that he is counting the days for the arrival of his 
-weekly sohoolhou.se. E. M. iiuntsinger. 
Pennsylvania.. 
No. of course we cannot find fault with such a 
name. We will just try to live up to it. 
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I just bought a ball of black knitting yarn, I.(10 
ounces—the price has just been raised from 65 to 70c. 
A ball of white sweater yarn, two ounces, was 75c. 
No doubt the saleswoman would tell me how scarce wool 
is, if I commented on price. T. 
HAT means in round numbers $6.88 a pound for 
wool as it is bought back by the farmer or his- 
wife. Making knitting wool cannot bo called a diffi¬ 
cult or expensive art, but farmers are now offered 
30c or less per 11). for wool. When they pay this out¬ 
rageous price for knitting wool they get less than a 
five-cent dollar. It has become clear that these high¬ 
way robbers cannot, be impressed by fighting in the 
ordinary way. It is another case where ice have <jot 
to do it ourselves. If need he our folks can go back 
to the old way of spinning yarn at home. Our grand¬ 
mothers did that, and our people can do it again if 
need he. We have an* article coming which shows 
how one independent woman beat the yarn monop¬ 
oly. Then we shall have to work out some plan for 
having part of our wool goods made directly for us. 
We must organize our own woolen mills or find man¬ 
ufacturers who will give us a square deal. That, as 
we sec it. is the only way to strike an effective blow 
at. the pirates who have been robbing us both in 
prices and substituting shoddy for wool! 
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LOCAL paper in New York reports a new thing 
in a cow case between Luke Armstrong, a 
farmer, and Geo. P. McClellan, a plumber. This 
brief report states the case: 
The suit is the outcome of the shooting of one of the 
Armstrong herd of cows. One night a short time ago 
the particular cow causing ail of the trouble was pas¬ 
turing in the field in the rear of the McClellan resi¬ 
dence on White street and it got up against the Mc¬ 
Clellan barn. The noise it made aroused McClellan, 
and after he had decided that robbers were on the prem¬ 
ises lie raised a window, called out and shot. The next 
morning there was a dead cow to be removed. “Rossy” 
was evidently scratching her spare ribs against the Mc¬ 
Clellan barn when the barrage took place, and she 
couldn't possibly reply when McClellan called and 
warned that lie was going to shoot. Armstrong thinks 
that lie is entitled to recovery and the jury in the case 
on Monday agreed with him. 
The jury gave Armstrong a verdict for $150 dam¬ 
ages. hut McClellan has appealed to a higher court. 
Of course we know nothing about the details of this 
case, hut it would seem as if the farmer was clearly 
entitled to damages. The cow seems to have been on 
property controlled or owned by the farmer, and the 
plumber took a chance when he fired in the dark. 
He could hardly prove that he knew his life or prop¬ 
erty were in danger. He probably would not have 
hit the cow once in 1.000 random shots, but he did 
apparently hit her, and we think he should face the 
responsibility which that one chance brought him. 
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HE Supreme Court has put the enforcement of 
the Prohibition law in the hands of Congress. 
Such enforcement will depend largely upon the legal 
meaning of the words “intoxicating liquor." Con¬ 
gress has now placed the limit at one-half of one per 
cent of alcohol. It might he entirely possible for 
some future Congress to raise this limit to 6 per cent 
or more. Such an action would practically destroy 
the force of the present law, and that is evidently 
what the liquor interests are trying to do. It is not 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
likely that they expect to be able to repeal the 
amendment, but they will, if they can. elect a “wet” 
Congress and thus control enforcement. We are con¬ 
vinced that a great majority of the people of this 
country want the present law enforced. There are 
some localities which will be for years opposed to 
Prohibition. There are a good many noisy people 
who will continue to fight for liquor. They arc in 
the minority, and will never permanently change the 
law. We might as well face the fact, however, that 
they will attempt to control Congress. The liquor 
interests will supply plenty of money, and many of 
the old politicians will help them. It is their priv¬ 
ilege to try to elect Congressmen wb- .ire favorable 
to the rum interests if they can '. so, and the tem¬ 
perance people can only use Lie same tactics and 
decline to vote for any candidate who will not stand 
for the present law. 
M OST New York farmers regard “daylight sav¬ 
ing" as the great local issue in the State. In¬ 
stead of dying out. the opposition to the new time 
has steadily increased. It is now stronger than ever 
before. The past season has been very hard on 
farmers, and there can he no doubt that “daylight 
saving" has.proved a great disadvantage to them. 
They have given up arguing about, it. or attempting 
to explain their trouble to the city people. They are 
now going to do it themselves, and they will not suit- 
port any man who will not agree to repeal the day¬ 
light saving law. There is no idle threat about that, 
hut a straight, plain statement of fact. It will not 
ln‘ a healthy job for any daylight-saver to run for 
office in a rural district this year. Aside from the 
justice of the farmers’ case this campaign for the 
“old-time day” is a great educator. It shows farmers 
what they can do whenever they are ready to-drop 
their party differences and get together back of an 
industrial question. 
T HIS scheme of trying to show that all farm 
trespassers are foreigners will not. walk alone. 
Some of these trespassers and pot-hunters are Amer¬ 
icans in everything except actions, and regard for the 
rights of others. Some people appear to think the 
fact that they were horn in this country entitles 
them to special privileges in walking over the rights 
of others. The fact is that American birth entails a 
responsibility upon any man who wants to call him¬ 
self an American. 
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YDROLIZED sawdust!" We told about that 
several weeks ago. It is going to have some 
influence upon feed prices in the future. Clean saw¬ 
dust from certain kinds of wood is mixed with 
dilute sulphuric acid and put under heavy steam 
pressure. This changes a part, of the sawdust into 
sugar, while the balance is made more or less diges¬ 
tible. and the use of lime overcomes the effect of 
the acid. The principle of this operation has been 
known for some years. Tn England cotton hulls are 
made digestible by treating them with hydrochloric 
acid under steam pressure. This "hydrolized saw¬ 
dust” has been fed to cattle successfully. It will 
not. of course, add much if any protein to the ra¬ 
tion. but it does prove h partial substitute for such 
food as cornmeal or barley. We think the process 
will grow more and more into use in the future, and 
that in time it will have considerable effect upon feed 
prices. It is along the same line of development that 
has made many naturally inert substances useful as 
plant- food. We cannot expect immediate returns. 
It is one of those things which slowly change indus¬ 
try by bringing new substances into use. 
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L AST week we referred to the unjust freight rates 
on New York peaches. On Thursday, Septem¬ 
ber 0. the Public Service Commission met at Albany 
to hear complaint and answer. The fruit growers 
were represented by Samuel Fraser and F. W. Corn¬ 
wall of the New York Federation of Agriculture and 
Mr. Folger of the International Apple Shippers No 
other farm organizations were represented in this 
fight. The railroads were strongly represented by 
their officials and lawyers from Buffalo, Rochester, 
Albany and New York. It might seem at first 
thought that the railroads would have the advan¬ 
tage with all this legal talent, hut the fruit growers 
had right and justice on their side. The commission 
decided that the Interstate Commerce Commission 
must finally settle the classification. As a matter 
of justice, however, the increased freight rates were 
suspended until December 1. This applies to carload 
lots within the State. It saves the growers about 
10 cents a bushel on freight, or a total of $150,000. 
The Federation of Agriculture was the only organi¬ 
zation to put up this light. This is only a suggestion 
of what it can and will do if it could receive proper 
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support and backing. One great drawback in the 
right for farmers' rights has been found in the fol¬ 
lowing situation: Let a farmer or fruit grower call 
for help in some problem of increasing crops or 
farm management, and a dozen helpers will promptly 
appear to give him advice. Let him find himself 
under the thumb of the railroads or robbed by some 
middleman and the reply to his call for help will 
remind him of Scott's poem: 
“Where was Roderick then? 
One blast upon his bugle horn were worth a thousand 
men." 
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The branches of a tree that grows on my property 
have grown over on my neighbor’s place, lie does not 
like to have them there. Will you let me know who 
should have them cut. he or I ? f. r. s. 
OTJ would he surprised to see how many of such 
questions we receive'. When trees are on or 
near the boundary line their limbs grow out over 
the neighbor's property, often causing more damage 
or trouble than trespassing stock. In fact, these 
overhanging branches have but little more right to 
shade the neighbor's property than hens or cows 
have to run over the boundary line. When 11 1 <* * 
neighbor can show that these branches damage him 
he has the right to cut them hack to the boundary 
line, though he should not cut them so as to injure 
or disfigure the tree. It is his right, however, to 
protect his property. The wisest plan is for the 
owner of iho tree to admit this evident right and 
cut the tree himself. He can usually make a good- 
natured agreement with the neighbor so as to prune 
the tree without injuring it. It' instead of agreeing 
to this, he gets stubborn and puls up a tight, he will 
usually be worse off. for the neighbor will cut ihc 
tree worse than he would if his rights were admitted 
at the start. 
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T HE Hamilton Dairy Company, 410 West 120th 
street, New York City, milk dealers, with 
creameries in producing districts, has gone into 
bankruptcy, with liabilities of $200,000. At Ballina. 
N. Y.. where they operated a creamery, it is reported 
they owe 28 patrons about $17,000. The company 
was not bonded by the Agricultural Department. 
,After the company owed patrons large sums, the 
bond was demanded, and the company finally tiled 
fi voluntary petition in bankruptcy. The frequent 
repetitions of these losses to milk producers are a 
scandal in New York State. They are for the most 
part preventable. Farmers pay liberally for protec¬ 
tion, and they are not getting it. If the State and 
the organizations are going to continue to refuse 
to do their duty, they should at least stop the pre¬ 
tense of doing so, and let dairymen do the best they 
can to protect themselves. The official indorsement 
of these weak concerns now serves only to allay 
the suspicions of producers, and multiply the number 
and volume of the losses. 
T HE primary elections in New York resulted as 
was expected. The candidates for State officers 
“suggested" by the organizations were all nominated. 
As we write this the returns are incomplete, nearly 
1.000 election districts being missing. When we 
have complete figures we will analyze the vote. Our 
friends took our advice and polled the largest vote 
ever cast at a primary in this State—nearly 600,000 
votes in all. Senator Thompson, who opposed the 
organization, received more than 130,000 votes in ilm 
Republican primary and nearly 30,000 more as tin* 
Prohibition candidate. This is the largest opposition 
vote ever cast in this State. It is an ominous sign 
for the “machine" which has so long ruled New Yolk 
that a candidate lighting them openly, without organ¬ 
ization or financial backing, can poll 160,000 votes 
as a protest against political methods. Senator 
Wadsworth was also nominated. Mr. Payne, who 
opposed him, received about 50,000 votes, while Mrs 
Boole received about 80,000 in the Republican pri 
inary and nearly 25.000 more as a Prohibitionist. 
Both Senator Thompson and Mrs. Boole will run in 
the regular election. Here is another ominous thing 
when 100,000 voters in New York show that they 
prefer a woman for United States Senator. 
Brevities 
If it cannot bo defended it is not the truth. 
Why not use the lime this Fall with the seeding i 
Very poor stuff—cider or vinegar from green apples. 
The way to join the Apple Consumers' League is to 
eat an apple yourself. 
Why not drop the habit of giving a cigar or a com 
for u "tip” and give an apple? 
Unwashed wool is not likely to be injured by mot s 
if kept on a dry floor, in the dark, and well covered. 
One of our readers in Pennsylvania writes: “Ih^ 
learned to know your paper a good friend and at 
visor.” That is a most satisfying report. 
When hens pick out their feathers, try feeding meat 
and bone-meal. If thi* does not settle it, make a meal 
of the hen. 
