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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Westclox Sleep-Meter—to start the day 
r I A HERE’S something 
A about Sleep-Meter 
that catches the eye, 
pleases it and rouses a 
friendly interest. 
It owes its compact 
appearance to the trim¬ 
ness of its lines, the roll 
of the front case, the bell 
on the back. The novel 
ring adds a jaunty touch. 
It looks and is a sturdy, 
up-to-the-minute time¬ 
keeper. 
It is another West¬ 
clox achievement—a 
fine looking, moderate 
priced alarm. Its trusty 
way of ticking off min¬ 
utes, its punctual habit 
of sounding the rising 
call, its broad, deep- 
toned, cheerful gong 
have enabled it to build 
up a big practice. 
The name Westclox 
on the dial and tag is 
your final assurance of 
quality—a good feature 
on the face of a clock. 
WESTERN CLOCK CO., LASALLE, ILLINOIS, U.S.A. 
Makers of fVcstclox: BigBen, Baby Ben, Pocket Ben, Glo- Ben, America,Slecp-Meter, Jack o’Lantern 
Factor): Peru, Illinois. In Canada; Western Clock Co., Ltd.,Peterborough,Out. 
ono who ran manage the«e woods suc¬ 
cessfully lumbering is a meagrely profit¬ 
able occupation. We do not believe it 
pays to fence those pastures for sheep at 
present. The sugar bush brings in a 
little, but is not a perpetual gold mine. 
I believe everyone around here has either 
lost a little or broken even the last two 
years on their sugar orchards. One can 
dairy on these farms if lie* has enough 
land, but the amount of pasture and 
woods is usually out of all proportion to 
the plow land, even for dairying on a 
small scale. And even much of the plow 
land is called such only from a deep- 
seated sense of courtesy. 
12. 'Pc farm the plow land on these hill 
farms is much more expensive than to 
farm than the valley acres. The plow 
land is uneven and rocky. Tractors are 
out of the question. Even sulky plows in 
many instances require ft lot of patience 
or a large capacity for profanity, accord¬ 
ing to the disposition of the man. Much 
hand work is necessary, and hand work 
is very expensive. It is the most ex¬ 
pensive thing in the world today. It is 
my contention that the man who farms 
with a hoe simply cannot compete with 
the man who farms with machinery. The 
only alternative is to "lumber it” or grow 
some crop on one’s small percentage of 
plow land, which everyone must grow by 
hand, thus eliminating unfair competi¬ 
tion with those who use machines. Hut 
all this reduces the value of the hill farm. 
I have the feeling that it would be bet¬ 
ter for the country if many more of these 
hill farms were abandoned to woodland. 
I do not believe one can farm steep hill¬ 
sides profitably. If I owned one of these 
hill farms I think I should try to sell the 
house and barn and the little patch of 
plow land to my nearest neighbor, who 
keeps a dairy herd, and then I should let 
the 200 or so acres of hill pasture grow 
up to lumber (as it quite readily does) 
and I should move to the valley, hoping 
to leave to my grandchildren a valuable 
piece of lumber. HOWARD MOSKM.vw 
Vermont. 
Bordeaux Treatment for Stored Apples 
Some time ago I think T saw an article 
in The I{. N.-Y. from some State ex¬ 
periment station on the treatment of rm- 
ples before putting away. I don’t qnit<' 
understand the process. I believe it said 
to dip in Bordeaux mixture, (’an you 
help mo out. or tell me where to inquire 
concerning this matter? A. i.. w. 
West Virginia. 
The Vermont Experiment Station at 
Burlington printed a bulletin on keeping 
apples. It is a full and thorough discus¬ 
sion. They tried many methods. Hack¬ 
ing securely in dry sawdust was good, 
but perhaps the best method was dipping 
the fruit in Bordeaux mixture and then 
letting the solution dry on. When sound 
apples, free from blemish, were treated 
in this way they kept well, hut the method 
is not adapted to commercial use. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, OCT. 16, 1920 
FARM TOPICS 
The Old P'an of Neighborhood Help. 1604 
Growing Big Sweet Corn Ears. 1604 
Annual Sweet Clover in New York. 1604 
Com. Lime, Cows and Clover. 1604 
Death in the Silo.■. 1605 
The Problem of the Hill Farm.1605, 1606 
Crops and Farm News. 1613 
Hope Farm Notes...1614, 1615 
Notes from the Mail. 1625 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Some Questions About Milk. 1604 
A Tragedy of Sheep Killing. 1605 
Milk Association Contracts. 1617 
Why Cattle and Men Are Runts. 1617 
Fattening Old Cow. 1622 
Sel’ing Milk to Calves.1622, 1623 
Ration with Skim-milk. 1623 
Beggarweed for Hay. 1623 
Cattle at the Springfield Show..1620, 1624, 1625 
Coming Live Stock Sales. 1625 
Garget . 1628 
Death of Cattle. 1628 
Preventive Nostrums. 1628 
Dysentery . 1628 
Scours . 1628 
THE HENYARD 
Henhouse Floor . 1626 
Possible Rouo; Coughing Cow. 1626 
Leghorns and Anconas. 1626 
Egg-laying Contest . 1629 
HORTICULTURE 
Notes from a Maryland Garden. 1607 
Winter Protection for Maine Peach Trees.. 1607 
Roses Untrue to Name..... 1610 
Rooting Roses from Cuttings. 1615 
A Back-to-the-lan ’er’s Fruit. 161" 
New York Aople Prices. 1617 
Some N"w England Annie Prices.. 1617 
Fruit Markets in Southeast Michigan. 1617 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Dav. 
Chean Breakfast Food and Drink.1618, 
The Rural Patterns. 
Apple Butte Without Cider. 
Muskmelon Butter ... 
Sw“et Annie Ways and Jelly Combinations. 
A Dark Picture of Hospital Care. 
Embroidery Designs . 
Cleaning an Angora R”g.... 
Batter Pudding with Fruit. 
1618 
1619 
1618 
1019 
1619 
1619 
1619 
1619 
16)9 
1619 
MISCELLANEOUS 
A Discussion of the Smoking Stove.. .1603, 
A Friend of the Farmer. 
Facts About France. 
Events of the Week. 
Editorials .•. 
Wages Paid State Road Workers. 
Inatal'ing a Burglar Alarm. 
Publisher’s Desk . 
1604 
1610 
1610 
1610 
1616 
1617 
1626 
1630 
October lq, j wo 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Other Advertisements of Subscribers’ 
Exchange will be found on page 1631 
" AN I ro Id.NT—A house, with about one n,r„ 
ot ground; family of two; suitable Par poultry 
ami within commuting distance from New y'.-l- 
on Erie nr branches; full particulars. Anvt’n 
TUSK It 7813, care Rural New-Yorker. * 
!• ARM—Close New York and other good mar 
hds; adapted poultry, fruit, gardening- wi £ 
modern house, burn; for sale. ADVERTHSViJ 
7S12, care Rural New-Yorker. 
Miscellaneous 
FORTY second-hand 390-egg size Cypher Co in 
vilie l,H I>a S ' VHntt ‘ <1 ' C ’ LAUVBR, McAlister' 
HONEY—Cl»iee clover extracted, 60 lbs sin r.n 
f. O. b.; sample,. 20c coin. J. C 'illckV 
Belleville, N. Y. mcKS > 
AVOCADOS. 10-lb. package postpaid up to 4th 
zone. *3: nth zone and beyond. $3.r>0 or c u 
D. $2.30 and postage. GEO. IV. KOSEL, grower' 
Redland, Fla. ’ b °" Lr - 
WANTED— Cider apples in small quantities m- 
carload lots. JOHN F. WII.KENS, Peekskill 
N. Y. Telephone I’eekskill 21-F-4. 
WANTED—Cider apples, in small quantities or 
carload lots. STEVE FIGLAY, R. F D 
6, Fairfi.-ld, Conn. "* A0 ‘ 
RHF.TS for Sah—Crosby Egyptian Table ]$»,;* 
by ton or carload. WALTER DAVENPORT* 
Accord, N. Y. ' 
APPLES! APPLES! 
Winter apples place 
J. YODER, Gnuitsville, 
APPLES! For Fall and 
onlj-r immediately to 0. 
WANTED — Mangel-Wnrzels; used tree pro¬ 
le,-tors: state price and quantity in first let¬ 
ter. PAUL E. MYERS, Bcrrieu Springs, Mich. 
FOR SALE—Newtown Giant hot water brooder 
consisting of 40 hovers and other equipment* 
3.0(K)-rliii-k capacity; never used; price reason¬ 
able. L. A. BURKHOLDER, Denbigh, Va. 
COR SALE — Columbia Grafanola Phonograph- 
,-i st $123,00; new; never removed from llie 
original packing case. W. L. CARLET0N. 
Gallipolis, O. 
•’OR SALE—Buckwheat honey in 00-lb. cans $10 
per can; clover. $12: satisfaction or vour 
money back. F. XV. LESSER. I!, 3, East Syra¬ 
cuse, N. Y. 
EXTRACTED HONEY—Clover, 60-lb, can, $13; 
10-11>. pall, $2.75; buckwheat, 60-lb. can, $12: 
10-11*. pail, $2.50, f. o. b. my station; mailed 
within 3d zone, 10 Ills, clover, $3.25; buckwheat, 
$-.95; special prices on large orders. RAY C 
WILCOX, Odessa, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Onions, beets, carrots and cabbage 
for sale in earlots or less. WALTER DAV¬ 
ENPORT, Accord. N. Y. 
FOR SAI.E—10-20 International Tractor and 
Gcisor thrashing machine, with blower; used 
but very little. SAMUEL CRAMER, Franklill- 
ville, N. Y. 
For sale -Mangel beets; four varieties. E. 
B. TYLER, R. I). No. 3, Syracuse, N. Y. 
WANT to trade sweet potatoes for apples. 
ROUT. PARSONS, Townsend, Va. 
WANTED--A Studebaker type farm wagon in 
g, o 1 repair: must be in cither Putnam nr 
Westchester Counties. Write particulars and 
price to V. WEBR, Peekskill, N. Y. 
CLEVELAND tractor for sale; first-class condi¬ 
tion; can be seen in use at any time; $1,050. 
II. W. ENGLISH, 471 Main St., Poughkeepsie. 
N. Y. 
FDR SALES—Typewriter in good shape. E. A. 
MASON, printer. Rust Masonville, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Six sections of Catldee incubator, 
complete, with thermometers, all in good con¬ 
dition; price $50 per section, f. o. b. cars. THE 
MACKEY FARMS, Gillum, N. Y. 
CIDER apples wanted: car lots; state price. F. 
T. PALMER, Cos Cob, Conn. 
BUCKWHEAT HONEY in 60-lb. cans, 20c per 
lb. f. o. b. G. IV. BELDEN. Berkshire. N. Y. 
WANTED—100 bushels mangels, yellow tankark 
preferred: will furnish sucks; state best price. 
VALLEY EGG FARM, Little Valley, N. Y. 
APPLES FOR SALE—The finest apples you ever 
si to, delivered to your address anywhere in 
Greater New York for $5.25 a barrel; apples will 
be ungraded as to size, but only first-class fruit, 
sound to the core, will be packed. Send your 
check to L. M. STORY, Greenville, Greene Co., 
N. Y. Shipments in three weeks. 
I The Farmer 
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= By H. ARMSTRONG ROBERTS = 
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