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Farm Conditions Bad 
The article on the first page, issue of 
August 16, about the farmers of New 
York State, appealed to me very force¬ 
fully. I have just returned from a visit 
through Central Illinois, my old home, 
and the condition I have found among the 
farmers in the very heart of the corn 
belt is alarming. There were narratives 
of this farmer and that farmer having 
failed, and being sold out under fore¬ 
closure, or his creditors being lenient and 
waiting for something to “turn up.” 
As I went from the village near where 
I was raised to the county seat to take 
an early morning train I passed through 
as rich a farming country as there is in 
the Mississippi Valley, outside of the 
American bottom. I do not know of ever 
having seen as fine a crop of oats and 
wheat as was in the shock and the corn 
as good as I have ever seen, excepting 
that it is so late there is great danger 
of its not maturing. For 17 miles, we 
passed farmhouse after farmhouse with 
not a sign of paint anywhere about the 
homestead, fences falling down and out 
of repair, and buildings the same, but 
when we reached the county seat, of 
about 5.000. the lawns beautiful in their 
freshness after some days of Rummer 
rain, houses well painted and well kept, 
I could not help thinking that the cities 
have been absorbing the wealth that 
should have gone back to the farm. 
In Michigan, especially in the section 
in which I live, the general farmer is 
suffering very much. The dairy farmer 
has been doing well, but with the in¬ 
crease in the price they will be procuring 
for this year’s crop I look for an im¬ 
provement among all of the farmers and 
they are more hopeful than they have 
been for some time. As I view the situ¬ 
ation this advance in price is only tem¬ 
porary, for a good crop throughout this 
country and the world next year will 
bring about another decline because of 
low prices, since the fundamental cause 
of the low prices of the past three years 
has not been removed. I am sorrv to 
say that there is no effort made, or being 
made, to bring about a fundamental 
change. In fact, I see in no publica¬ 
tion and neither do I hear from any 
public speaker, an intimation of any 
plan by which conditions can be im¬ 
proved, CHAS. K. ADAMS. 
Michigan. 
FARM AND ESTATE EMPLOYMENT 
We maintain a bonded agency for experienced help. 
Prompt attention to your needs. 
C. DRYSDALE BLACK & CO. 140 Cedar St., New York. N.Y. 
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word each insertion, payable in advance. 
Copy must reach us Thursday morning to 
appear in issue of following week. 
This department is for the accommodation of 
subscribers, but no display advertising or ad¬ 
vertising of a commercial nature is admitted. 
Farm Help Wanted 
FARM help and milkers; we invariably have a 
place for steady worker looking for permanent 
job as dry-hand milker, teamster familiar with 
up-to-date machinery, farm hand or gardener’s 
assistant; best wages to competent men with op¬ 
portunity for advancement. STRATHGLASS 
FARM, Port; Chester, N. Y. 
WANTED—-Experienced farm hands, teamsters 
and gardener; steady work for competent 
men. HILLSIDE FARMS, Miners Bank Bldg., 
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 
WANTED—Assistant poultryman on large com¬ 
mercial plant, not afraid of long hours; per¬ 
manent position; state age, weight, nationality, 
wages expected, etc. LONE OAK POULTRY 
FARM, Babylon, L. I., N. Y. 
WANTED—-Working farm foreman; married 
man -with no children preferred. Apply, stat¬ 
ing references and wages desired. HILLSIDE 
F'ARM, 1232 Miners Bank Bldg., Wilkes-Barre, 
Pa. 
WANTED—A gentleman and lady, living six 
months in the country and six months in the 
city, desire a married couple or two sisters to 
do all the work of the household except cooking 
and heavy laundry; a permanent and desirable 
position; trained service and first-class refer¬ 
ences required; in replying, state wages desired 
and give references. Address P. O. BOX 15, 
Cobalt, Conn. 
WANTED—Protestant working manager for gen¬ 
tleman’s estate; married, no children; must 
be competent gardener and poultryman and have 
knowledge of general farming; wife good butter- 
maker. S. W. HARRIS, Norfolk, Va. 
WANTED—Experienced, single man, who can 
operate Cleveland or Fordson tractors and do 
farm work. Address OLD FORGE FARM, Spring 
Grove, Pa. 
WANTED—Single, experienced, working herds¬ 
man, for purebred herd, where A. R. work is 
done; good wages and living conditions. Ad¬ 
dress P. O. BOX 138, York, York Co., Pa. 
RELIABLE white woman; plain cooking and gen¬ 
eral housework in country; two adults; no laun¬ 
dry work; modem conveniences; state full partic¬ 
ulars and salary expected. ADVERTISER 5795, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
HOUSEKEEPER—Refined, capable. Protestant, 
woman, fond cf children, to take complete 
Charge of motherless home, two boys, aged six 
years and 18 months; must be efficient, have 
pleasing personality and not afraid of hard 
work; modern home in New Jersey suburb; ref¬ 
erences required and given. ADVERTISER 
5773, care Rural New-Yorker. 
A WORKING foreman wanted Oct. 1 on dairy 
farm in Dutchess .Co., N. Y.; no liquor; no 
man under 40 years; Protestant, American 'or 
German preferred; $80 per month, house and 
usual extras. ADVERTISER 5743, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Refined house worker and cobk; quiet 
family, three adults; good home, good Wages, 
congenial surroundings; permanent. INGLEE, 
Greenbrook Road, Dunellen, N. J. 
WANTED—Clean, experienced, dry-hand milker 
for certified dairy; 15 cows; wages, $60 and 
maintenance; 10-hour day; no outside work; 
state age, experience, reference. RARITAN 
VALLEY FARMS, Somerville, N. J. 
WANTED—Good reliable man to drive team and 
for general farm work. ADVERTISER 5776, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Two girls for general housework in 
private family. MRS. S. N. McCAIN, 1826 
James St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
WANTED—Married man to assist with Jersey 
herd; general all year work; wife or daughter 
to help at residence part time; liberal pay, 
capable couple; fine dwelling, wood, milk. GEO. 
II. BEACH, Chatham, N. Y. 
WANTED—Middle-aged, practical farm woman 
as housekeeper in country; no objection to 
child; must have good character and references; 
place near Kingston. N. Y.; state wages expect¬ 
ed. Address ADVERTISER 5777, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Farm-trained fast worker for rough 
building and construction on poultry plant, 
near New York; permanent job; $65 a month 
and board, or $100 if you want to batch. AD¬ 
VERTISER 5778, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Reliable single man, interested in 
clean milkroom work, bottling, sterilizing, 
etc.; experience not so much necessary as com¬ 
mon sense and willingness. BROADIIURST 
SCUDDEK FARMS, Trenton, N. J. 
WANTED—’l’est cow milker in large herd of 
registered Holsteins and Guernseys. BROAD- 
HURST SCUDDER FARMS, Trenton, N. J. 
WANTED—Immediately, young man for milk¬ 
ing and general farm work; must be a quick, 
clean, dry-hand milker; $60 monthly, board and 
room; state experience and give references; 
Finger Lakes section of New York State. AD¬ 
VERTISER 5780, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Married man, without children, on 
farm; steady employment all year round; man 
must take eare of cow’s, drive horses, take care 
of ears, and take care of house in general; best 
of references required. Address MAX GOLD¬ 
SMITH. Grand ‘ Central Mt. House, Mountain- 
dale, Sullivan Co., N. Y.; Box 256. 
WANTED—First-class cook, or cook and wait¬ 
ress; house equipped with all modern improve¬ 
ments. Apply to MRS. C. L. MILLER, Claver- 
ack, N. Y. 
WANTED — Experienced gardener-farmer for 
gentleman’s place; cow and chickens kept; 
one knowing something about automobiles pre¬ 
ferred; six-room cottage, with coal and gas sup¬ 
plied; no children; references required. Writ.e, 
stating wages expected. H. N. F., Mountain 
Road, Englewood, N. J. 
WANTED 1 —Reliable married man on commercial 
poultry farm; no children; good, steady ]>osi- 
tion; opportunity for advancement; state age, 
salary, experience; must be willing to board 
one or two men. QUEENSBURY FARMS, Toms 
River, N. J. 
FARM HAND’—Must have good references; good 
milker, clean and careful; must be willing to 
help in barns and field; pleasant working condi¬ 
tions; steady man who is looking for a place 
where good work is appreciated; state age, ex¬ 
perience and salary expected. EDWARD J. 
MULLER, Franklin Park, N. J. 
WANTED—Middle-aged married man for small 
farm 40 miles from New York; take care of 
chickens, 2 cow’s, young stock, and help in gar¬ 
den; must be good milker and willing to help 
in stable or farm when necessary; cottage with 
conveniences on place; also light and coal; 
wages $60 a month. E. L. STEVENS, Bedmin- 
ster, N. J. 
FIRST-CLASS milker wanted for certified dairy; 
$65 per month, room and board. BELLE 
ALTO FARMS, Wernersville, Pa. 
FAMILY, four adults, Christians, occupying tw r o 
floors Park Slope, Brooklyn, N. Y.; state 
terms expected. ADVERTISER 5790, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Man, middle age, married, to work 
on poultry plant; steady job for right man. 
A. C. JONES POULTRY FARM, Georgetown, 
*r>ei. 
COUPLE, small country place near New York; 
no children; year round position; woman as 
laundress; some cooking in Winter; man, gar¬ 
dener and useful; cottage in Summer; in Win¬ 
ter stay at main house. ADVERTISER 5785, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
SINGLE man wanted for farm work; must be 
good milker and teamster; $60 per month and 
board; no old men or boys answer: steady posi¬ 
tion for right man. ADVERTISER 5792, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
MIDDLE-AGED couple wanted for work on farm; 
man must be good milker and farmer; wife an 
experienced houseworker; no children; good 
home; no high wages, but permanent i>osition. 
ADVERTISER 5793, care Rural New-Yorker. 
COUPLE to do the work for two adults and two 
children on small place; man, handy work; 
woman, general housework; modern improve¬ 
ments, moderate wages for Winter, to be in¬ 
creased in Spring; permanent position and good 
home assured; references as to character essen¬ 
tial. ADVERTISER 5786, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
Situations Wanted 
FARM MANAGER, exceptional ability, open; 
lifetime, practical, scientific experience gen¬ 
eral farming: specialty Guernsey cattle: devel¬ 
oped two famous herds; successful advanced 
registry work; world’s record; showing; 100 bac¬ 
teria milk production; farm business develop¬ 
ment; capacity from help: record spotless; 
American; married; 35.- ADVERTISER 5740, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
MAN desires position as farm manager or care¬ 
taker of’ estate; experience and best of refer¬ 
ence. BOX 345-E, West Albany, N. Y. 
COUPLE—Gardener on private estate; wife 
board help; state location. ADVERTISER 
5775, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FARM MANAGER able to bring results; ener¬ 
getic; married; 32; am running my own busi¬ 
ness on rented farm at present, but am making 
change this Fall; understand production of crops, 
care of stock; also use and care of machinery; 
familiar with retail milk business; practical ex¬ 
perience backed by Cornell training; will con¬ 
sider share proposition. ADVERTISER 5784, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
SITUATION WANTED September 1; herd man¬ 
ager or superintendent of breeding or feeding 
estate; life experience with hogs, cattle, sheep; 
married; references. ADVERTISER 5739, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
FARM or estate superintendent wants posi¬ 
tion; college graduate, 39, small family, ex¬ 
perienced advance registry records, farm ac¬ 
counts, handling help efficiently, fruit and farm 
crops; seven years manager; position must re¬ 
quire responsibility; best of references given; 
stjate particulars in first letter. ADVERTISER 
5738, care Rural New-Yorker. 
COUPLE-—German, well educated, want position 
Oct. 1 as caretaker and manager of’ gentle¬ 
man’s estate; specialist in poultry; experienced 
on European farms; now studying American 
methods at State School of Agriculture; best 
references. B. G. ltECHENBERG, care State 
Institute of Applied Agriculture, Farmingdale, 
L. I., N. Y. 
MARRIED American and grown son desire Work 
by Sept. 20; experienced orchardists, farmers, 
milk peddler, poultryman. BOX 365, Shelburne 
Falls, Mass. 
POSITION wanted on dairy farm; first-class 
milker; Hollander. Address NICOLAS DE 
GRAAF, 184 Greenleaf Ave., West New Brigh¬ 
ton, S. I. N. Y. 
POULTRYMAN—Married; long experience; open 
for proposition, manager, or will work on 
shares; large plant. EBERHARDT, Fairmont 
Farm, Middletown, N. Y. 
POSITION as farm manager, or herdsman, of a 
modern dairy farm or private estate; short 
course at Cornell in dairying, specializing in 
breeding, developing, testing, records; life ex¬ 
perience on dairy farms; age 29; married; one 
child; good references, including last employer; 
salary, full particulars in first letter. ADVER¬ 
TISER 5781, care Rural New-Yorker. 
POULTRYMAN, single, 12 years’ practical ex¬ 
perience all branches of business, desires po¬ 
sition with commercial or private plant. ROOM 
708, 45 East 17th St., New York City. 
STRONG, capable man, experienced, farm, cat¬ 
tle, poultry, gardening, wants position on es¬ 
tate or to work farm on shares. ADVERTISER 
5783, care Rural New-Yorker. 
POULTRYMAN-GARDENER, as manager or as¬ 
sistant; middle aged; married; no children; 
private or commercial plant; best references; 
permanent. ADVERTISER 5782, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position; young woman wants posi¬ 
tion on some farm; can do plain cooking, milk, 
anything around a place. ADVERTISER 5788, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
YOUNG single man desires position on small 
dairy; 14 years’, experience; good reference; 
state wages. ADVERTISER 5794, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
WANT position, manager; life experience on 
farm; used to tractor and machinery; married, 
small family; good reference: at liberty Oct. 1. 
FRANK SMITH, Accokeek, Md. 
FARM manager now open for position as super¬ 
intendent of large modern farm or private es¬ 
tate; life experience with purebred cattle, stock 
raising, producing certified milk, feeding, farm 
and help management, buying and selling: 37 
years old; married; small family; college gradu¬ 
ate; practical experience in crop raising, oper¬ 
ating farm machinery, etc.; A1 references. Ad¬ 
dress P. E. DAHL, E. 24th St., Chester, Pa. 
ESTATE superintendent; married; expert poul¬ 
tryman, dairy, agriculture, etc., wishes to 
make a change. ADVERTISER 5787, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
Farms For Sale, to Rent, etc. 
FOR RENT—Separately, two farms; one a dairy 
farm, the other a chicken and truck farm; 
they are situated between Morris Plains and 
Mount Tabor, N. J., on the Dover State road; 
best prices for products in the country; close 
market; each has a modern house for large fam¬ 
ily, and modern, comfortable farm buildings; 
reasonable rent; long lease. Write ADVER¬ 
TISER 5671, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—206-acre farm; 50 acres timber; 35 
Holsteins; 17 Lakenvelders: team, wagons, 
sleighs, hand tools, farm machinery, milker, 100 
tons hay. C. M. EATON, Cincinnatus, N. Y. 
THREE bearing orchards, With crops of Stark 
Delicious and other good varieties, near rail¬ 
road town; modern improvements; fine climate; 
at $6,000, $7,500, $16,000; easy terms. OVER¬ 
BROOK ORCHARD Co., Saluda, N. C. 
FOR SALE—156-acre farm; 10-room house; 
barns; fruit orchard; with tools and stock. 
Apply owner, VERNON H. TIGER, Gladstone, 
N. J. 
FOR SALE—Fully equipped poultry plant; 3 
large laying houses, electric lights, 6 brooder 
houses, Candee incubator 2,400-egg capacity, 750 
White Leghorn pullets, 12 acres level, tillable 
ground, 10-room .dwelling; well and cistern 
pump at sink in kitchen; good barn and out¬ 
buildings; price $5,500, part cash. C. H. 
CHUBB, Palenville, N. Y. 
FOR RENT—Dairy farm; good location; build¬ 
ings, machinery; adjoining Somerville. A. L. 
CANFIELD, Somerville, N. J. 
ACCOUNT sickness, Leghorn farm, two acres, 
700 layers, 400 April pullets; 9-room resi¬ 
dence, modern improvements; will consider prac¬ 
tical poultryman on shares. RELIABLE POUL¬ 
TRY FARM, Blue Point, N. Y. 
CHARLESTOWN. N. H.—Hundred-acre hill 
farm, thirty cleared; wood, timber, pasture; 
six-room house, fireplaces; fifty-foot barn; fruit; 
nsed as Summer home. J. H. CLAGG, 
FOR SALE—8-acre truck farm; rich soil; new’ 
bungalow; stock and tools; near good market; 
main road; 10 minutes town and station; near 
school; good water; must sell immediately. Ap¬ 
ply owner, M. C. BECK, Box 206, Spotswood, 
N. J. 
FOR SALE—Connecticut farm, 80 acres, stocked 
and equipped; large house and barns; good 
condition; all crops included; price $7,000: terms. 
ADVERTISER 5768, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—To rent house with modern improve¬ 
ments, not less than 8 rooms, preferably with 
small parcel of land, in suburb of town or city 
within 25 miles of New York. ADVERTISER 
5774, care Rural New-Yorker. 
POULTRY FARM—2 or 4 acres. Address 
EMIG’S POULTRY FARM, Vineland, N. J. 
475-ACRE Delaware County dairy farm, with 
stock, crops and tools; priced low; part; cash. 
-R. H. CHAMPLIN, 14 Center St., Oneonta, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—116 acres, Berkshire lliAs"; 8-room 
cottage; 2,200 ft.; ideal spot) for gentleman's 
country home, health resort, etc.; on main road. 
Apply A. CHANDLER, Tern, Mass. 
FOR SALE—19-acre poultry farm; water front; 
close in; fully equipped; accommodations 
1,200; steam-heated house; large barn. W. 0. 
HUNTER, Denton, Md. 
FOR RENT or SALE—7-acre fruit and poultry 
farm; buildings in good condition; located in 
the best part of Vineland. S. HART, Maple 
Ave., Vineland, N. J. 
FOR SALE—Small farm on State road; stock 
and tools; good water, wood and good build¬ 
ings; small price. IDA COLE, It. 3, Wllliams- 
town, N. Y. 
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WANTED—Farm of 5 to 10 acres, more or less, 
on Long Island, near school; good buildings; 
located in section w'here plenty of day work is 
to be found; advertiser is good all around farm 
worker and handy with tools; give price and 
terms. ADVERTISER 5779, care Rural New- 
Y’orker. 
COUNTRY HOME for sale, with high school, 
factories of 6,000 people; home completely 
furnished; acre land; good well water; good 
for chicken farm; price $1,500. BAUM KAP- 
NEIt, Box 825, Hoosiek Falls, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Five fruit places; houses 5 to 14 
rooms; 2 to 14 acres; near school, church, 
depot, boat landing; electric lights; modern im¬ 
provements; center Hudson Valley fruit belt. 
B. O. SNYDER, North Germantown, N. Y. 
FARM—Shares; will invest; married; any prof¬ 
itable business. BOX 561, Sharon Springs, 
N. Y. 
108 ACRES; good buildings; stock, tools, crops; 
near State road: $8,000; half cash. Owner, 
WILDWOOD, Killingworth, Conn. 
WANTED—Reliable, settled white farmer, with 
family, to lease or rent farm in Northeast 
South Carolina; applicant must be able to at 
least partially finance self; the land is suitable 
for agriculture of all kinds; the place has a 
wonderful stream of water, which is suitable for 
mill and electric power, etc.; place has good 
home and barn, and located on public road, ami 
close to school and churches, and within 4 Vi 
miles of county seat, with 3,500 population; on 
good road and in a very healthy section; I need 
a real hustler that will take a special, interest 
in the place, which would mean a permanent 
home and remuneration for efforts of right man; 
write, with full information ns to ability, at 
once; will have to make arrangements to meet 
applicant in Carolina about the 20th of Septem¬ 
ber. DR. D. B. O’KELLY, 152 East Flagler 
St., Miami, Fla. 
FOR SALE—85-acre farm, near State road; 
plenty of fruit and extra good running water; 
poultry houses. Write J. M. GREGORY, Rock¬ 
dale, N. Y. 
WANTED—Would like to get in communication 
with party having small farm readily adapted 
for poultry and fruit, requiring only small cash 
payment, for energetic couple, practical poultry- 
man, desiring chance to get a start; location 
preferably Southern New England and New York 
or New Jersey. ADVERTISER 5789, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
BARGAIN — House, 7 rooms, bath, improve¬ 
ments; large plot; garage and chicken coop; 
Merrick Road, East Moriches, L. I. Particu¬ 
lars, write owner, KIRBY, 172 Denton Ave., 
L.vnbrook, N. Y. 
WANTED—Small farm: 5 to 10 acres; Connecti¬ 
cut. Massachusetts, Rhode Is'nnd; state full 
particulars. ADVERTISER 5791, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
FARM, 87 acres, 1 '■ miles from railroad sta¬ 
tion; creek, orchard, woodlot; fine for truck 
and poultry; new 9-room house, barn, stables, 3 
henhouses, garage, 2, other buildings; 9 miles to 
Albany; $4,500; half cash. KRALL, Voorhees- 
ville, N. Y. 
Miscellaneous 
MILK chocolate made at our dairy; the best you 
ever tasted; box of 120 pieces, 2 lbs. net post¬ 
paid. for $1; stores sell this at. $1.75; thousands 
of Rural New'-Yorker readers among my well- 
satisfied customers. Are you one of them? Please 
send remittance with order. R. W. WIND, 
Babylon, N. Y. 
WA NT ED—Mammoth Blue Hen incubator; state 
age, size and price. I. M. JOHNSON, Ickes- 
burg. Pa. 
FOR SALE—New white extracted honey in 5-lb. 
pails, $1.10; delivered into third zone. JOHN 
MOSHER, Moravia, N. Y. 
HOMES WANTED—There is no greater charity 
than to offer a home to a friendless, deserving 
boy between the ages of 7 and 12 years. This is 
real charity, and we earnestly solicit the co¬ 
operation of Catholic families (New York State 
only). Address PLACING OUT BUREAU, 415 
Broome St., New York City. 
CLOVER HONEY—5-lb. pail, $1.15; two 5-lb. 
pails, $2.25; four 5-lb. pails, $4.25; postpaid 
into third zone; sample, 15 cents. HUGH G. 
GREGG, Elbridge, N. Y. 
HONEY—Quart, $1; gallon, $3; delivered. 
BARCLAY, Riverton, N. J. 
WANTED-^-Buckeye or Smiths electric incu¬ 
bators; state .size and condition. BOX 162, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
FOR SALE—One J. E. Smith Co. kraut shred¬ 
der and cover; large size; used three seasons; 
good as new; will sell for half cost. CHAND¬ 
LER ORCHARDS, Falls, Pa. 
DELCO light plant, 32 volts, 600 watts, with 
160 amp.-hour batteries: generator in very 
good condition; batteries fair; also Delco 300- 
gallons per hour shallow well pump, without 
tank; used only 18 months; $250 take all; reason 
for selling, having public service. WHITE 
FEATHER FARM, It. 2, Hieksville, L. I., N. Y. 
CHUNK HONEY—Finest quality; comb and ex¬ 
tracted in same can; 5 lbs., $1.50, prepaid. 
WESLEY DUNHAM, Bethel, Vt. 
GOULDS centrifugal pump; 30 gallon minute, 
not more than 15-ft. lift; used one day; lift 
too high; $15. J. A. PHOEBUS, Toms River, 
N. . . 
WANTED—Tatting orders: send stamp for 
prices. DORA ALABAUGH, Mitchellville, Tenn. 
WANTED—Old postage stamps issued before 
1888; loose or on envelopes. J. F. DUNN1- 
CAN, Box 324, Rochester, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Ten thousand capacity Hall incu¬ 
bator. SEWARD CARY, Hempstead, L. L, 
N. Y. 
