W* RURAL NEW-YORKER 
The New York Agricultural Society 
The New York State Agricultural So¬ 
ciety met in January, with Dr. W. H. 
Jordan as president. The doctor soon 
leaves this State for his old home State 
of Maine, he having served at the head 
of the Geneva Station for 25 years. The 
arrangement of the program for this, the 
eighty-ninth annual meeting of the State 
society, wae good. Logically the milk 
question as it looms up in the State was 
the first to receive attention, and it was 
discussed from both angles in a perfectly 
frank and natural manner. Later the 
society by resolution approved the recent 
action of the farmers’ organization and 
of the pooling plan proposed by them. 
The chief speakers on these subjects were 
Mr. Milliman of the League and Mr. Fox 
of the Borden’s Company. ’ These men 
may not be in complete agreement on all 
matters, hut they are not, I think, so 
antagonistic as the secretary of the Milk 
Conference Board would have you believe. 
Governor Nathan L. Miller spoke in a 
convincing manner, and was well re¬ 
ceived. The State can help in some mat¬ 
ters, notably transportation affairs: but. 
generally speaking, the farmer will have 
to work out his own problems. This the 
Governor thinks he is perfectly capable 
of doing, and that he is on the right 
track, notably in jthe way of co-operation. 
Co-operation was the foremost question 
of the meeting, showing itself not only in 
the matter of milk sales, but in handling 
fruits. • vegetables, hay and other com¬ 
modities for which the State is noted. 
Many associations were reported formed 
by Mr. White of the Bureau. There is 
no use forming such associations except 
by means of a good strong contract. If 
a man is not bound to stand by his agree¬ 
ment. he cannot expect the other man to 
stand by him. 
Prof. Burritt of the college said that 
if we can get principles of action worthy 
to be followed it would constitute an ag¬ 
ricultural policy. It. is not, however, 
just that agriculture alone shall he con¬ 
sidered. hut the interests of the whole 
State. Laboring and city people gener¬ 
ally are as much interested in food pro¬ 
duction as any in the State. We need 
efficient food producers and efficiency in 
buying and selling. The former we have 
to a very large degree. If marketing can 
be maiS\* more efficient it will aid in bring¬ 
ing more money to producers and a saving 
to consumers. 
The resolutions favored the plan of 
requiring hunters to obtain permission 
before going on other people’s lands. 
They objected to costs being added to the 
farmer who has an auto, such as licensing 
to run his machine and bonding him for 
owning one. They favored a larger con¬ 
stabulary for the open country. They 
favored the health center projects for 
back regions needing them. Theta' was 
a demand for endorsement of the Gover¬ 
nor’s plans for cutting expenses and for 
the consolidation of departments. A bet¬ 
ter budget system was advocated in mak¬ 
ing appropriations. The pooling plan of 
the Dairymen’s League was endorsed. 
Dr. Jordan read a valuable paper. lie 
called attention to the shortage of farm 
labor and to the low price of farm | 
products, these being less than costs. 1 
Large business and commercial organiza¬ 
tions have stabilized business, but they 
have injured agriculture. Agriculture 
must he better organized to secure safety. 
Our marketing system is complex, and 
exactions of the public and health offi¬ 
cials increase costs of marketing and of 
production. Prices have not equaled the 
increased costs of producing on the farm. 
Retailers have resisted the tendency of 
falling prices, forgetting the profits made 
on advancing prices. Supply and demand 
should determine prices, but too often the 
influence of this law is not permitted to 
control. The farmer gets too much ad¬ 
vice. lie is not a sick man. Our educa¬ 
tional agencies need support, such as the 
College of Agriculture and the experiment 
stations. Our rural population has de¬ 
creased, but production has increased. 
The State agricultural departments need 
attention. We need to use care to pro¬ 
tect them from political influences. Agri¬ 
culture is more difficult than business. A 
democracy is not a stable form of govern¬ 
ment, but intelligence may make it more 
stable. 
Next year’s officers chosen were: For 
president, R. T. Wainwright; secretary, 
A. L. Broekway ; treasurer, II. B. Win¬ 
ters. Nine vice-presidents were chosen 
and an executive committee of five. 
xr. Ti. i,. 
Wheat, $1.80 per bu.; many farmers 
are holding for better prices. Oats, GOc; 
corn, $1.20 at the mills and feed stores. 
Apples, $4 to $4.50 per bbl.; A grade, 
market slow. Pea beans $2.10 per bu.; 
buckwheat, $1 per bu.; potatoes at ship¬ 
ping stations, 00c to 75c; not many mov¬ 
ing. Onions and cabbage not moving. 
Farmers, are holding crops back, and are 
not buying Spring supplies. Goal. $14 
a ton. but farmers are cutting and burn¬ 
ing a large supply of wood. Farmers are 
taking advantage of the open Winter to 
draw manure, trim fruit trees and cut 
wood. j, h. P. 
Orleans Co., N. Y. 
The Way Ouf< 
T HE farmer’s success depends upon the 
proper delivery of his produce to the 
consumer. 
That means Transportation , and 
Transportation means the American 
Railroads. These railroads are meeting the 
urgent situation with ever-increasing effi 
ciency. 
During the first ten months of 1920, the 
New York Central Lines handled 7,481,443 
loaded cars, an increase of 209,357 cars 
over the number handled during the same 
period of 1919, and without additional 
equipment or facilities; and the daily aver¬ 
age of freight car mileage is being increased. 
The supply of adequate equipment and 
increased operation is not the only means 
through which the lines meet their obliga¬ 
tion to the farm shipper. The Agricultural 
Department is maintained for this class af 
shipper. 
The Agricultural Department of the 
New York Central Lines takes up the in 
dividual problem of a farmer, an associa¬ 
tion, a district, or an entire territory reached 
by its lines. It will go into an intimate 
study of the needs which promote produc¬ 
tion and market-despatch. If it concerns 
the farmer, the Department will go with 
him in his endeavor to make operations 
permanently profitable for all interests. 
THE WAY OUT for profitable produc 
tion is in such co-operation with the railroads 
as will enable them to properly deliver the 
producers’ shipments. 
The New York Central Lines make sucb 
co-operation easy. 
THE NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES 
MICHIGAN CENTRAL - BIG FOUR —' LAKE ERIE S-WESTERNj 
BOSTON &- ALBANY - TOLEDO frOHIO CENTRAL - PITTSBURGH & LAKE ERIE 
NEW YORK CENTRAL-AND-SUBSIDIARY LINES 
New York Central Station AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT La Salle Street Statin* 
Rochester, N. \ . Grand Central Terminal, New York City Chicago, 111 
r 
The Silo Block That’s 
There To Stay 
Build your silo with vitrified tile and you 
build but once. Eliminate repair bills, 
do away with painting and 
water-proofing and insure 
perfect protection from 
weather conditions by build¬ 
ing 
1 *»reston _* 
ansmri 
" Vitrif.VJ Til. Mn, 
Vitrified Tile Silo 
The tile silo with ‘'ship-lap'* 
blocks—make more beauti¬ 
ful, stronger walls—and lasts 
for ages. Blocks all uniform 
ehade. Re-enforced by twisted 
steel. Steel hip-roof, steel or 
tile chute—fireproof. 
Write for catalog. 
J. M. Preston Company 
Dept. 329 Lansing, Mich. 
Factories at Urichsvllie, 
Ohio; Brazil, lad.; 
Ft. Dodge, Iowa; 
end New Brigh¬ 
ton, Pa. 
Put o United 
To Work 
THE SIMPLEST 1 
MILKER MADE\ 
Furnished in units for herds 
of five cows or more. Pump- 
pulsator type. Gives com¬ 
plete vacuum release on teat; 
safe, smooth natural action. 
“SEE-THRU’* Teat Cup 
l Patented exclusive 
feature. See all 
teats milking. One 
piece — clear as crystal— | 
as easytocleanasadish. 
Most lasting,greatest milk¬ 
er improvement. Invented. 
SL,i ■ 
WRITE 
[ Get particular* 
on complete 
United line 
Separators 
Feed Mills 
Washers 
Engines 
Just what you 
want In 
America’s 
Greatest Values 
Ask your dealer 
United Engine 
Dt to 12 H.P. 
Gasoline or Kero¬ 
sene- 200,000 in use. 
Get all facts today. 
UNITED ENGINE CO. 
Dept. 16 Lansing, Mich. (27) 
THE GREAT UNITED LINE 
■S’FARM MACHINES^ 
Write for Book 
Today 
FARM WAGONS 
High or low wheels—steel or wood—wide 
or narrow tires. Steel or wood wheels to fit any 
running gear. Wagon parts of all kinds. Write 
today for free catalog illustrated in colors. 
ELECTRIC WHEEL CO.. 48 Elm Street. Quincy. HL 
SAVE HALF Your 
Paint Bills 
BY USING Ingersoll Paint. 
PROVED BEST by 77 years’ use. If 
will please you. The ONLY PAINT en¬ 
dorsed by the “GRANGE” for 45 years 
Made in all colors—for all purposes. 
Get my FREE DELIVERY offer. 
Prom Factory Direct to You at Wholesale Pricaa. 
Oldest Ready Uixed Paint House In America—Estab. 184 
0. W. Ingersoll, 246 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N A 
Shall Your Boy Know 
Modern Farming? 
The Riggs Agricultural 
High School 
For boys i4 to 17 years old prepares for Aoricultural 
colleoes. Tlie best development of the youth. Excep¬ 
tional opportunity for instruction in practical carpentry. 
The farm of 175 acres is fully equipped. Every facility 
for outdoor sports and healthful recreation is afforded. 
Gymnasium. Send for booklet. 
F. B. RIGGS, Haadmaster 
Lakeville - . - Connecticut 
STUMP PULLERS 
_ .W.Smith Grubber Bo , 
CATALOG FHEE-QEPT. IS. LA CBESCEN3T MlNN? 
