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Tht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 27, 1924 
The New York State Fair 
It would 'be impossible to give in any 
reasonable space anything like a full re¬ 
port of the New York State Fair. It was 
a great exposition—covering everything 
which might appeal to country people. 
All possible farm products of the tem¬ 
perate zone were exhibited, along with 
everything which may be useful in pro¬ 
ducing them, from fertilizers to tractors. 
The comfort and beauty of farm life were 
not neglected, for from paint to pipeless 
furnaces, everything that might make the 
home more comfortable and attractive 
could be found on exhibition. No one 
can ever hope to cover such a vast ex¬ 
hibit in a single day. The entire week is 
all too short if one expects to make any¬ 
thing of a study of farming or farm life 
at such a place. The weather was un¬ 
favorable this year, and the attendance 
was not up to the average. There was 
no such crowd as has swarmed over the 
grounds in former years, yet this was 
something of an advantage to those who 
did attend. There was less crowding. To 
one who has attended this fair regularly 
for nearly a generation the most interest¬ 
ing exhibit of all was the farm men and 
women. Years ago one could not find a 
single car on the grounds. One day this 
year there were more than 5,000 in one 
single group. A few years ago a flying 
machine passing over the fair grounds 
was regarded as a new wonder. This 
year a fair proportion of the crowd did 
not even raise their heads to look at the 
flier. The general distribution of the car, 
the use of the radio, and association with 
other “novelties” has greatly changed the 
appearance and habits of what we may 
call “the State Fair crowd.” Country 
men are wiser. They are doing more 
thinking and in their dress and manners 
it is hard to separate them from city 
people. They are more independent, and 
more inclined to investigate for them¬ 
selves. Talk with them carefully and 
you will find that though they are dis¬ 
satisfied with many farm conditions they 
are not discouraged, but still confident 
that they will work Out. 
The exhibits give some indication of 
changes that are coming in New York 
farming. It would seem as if there is a 
movement toward cattle of the Guernsey 
type. Many farmers are disgusted with 
the milk situation. They expect higher 
prices for feed. The hay crop is fair, 
and there will be a good crop of silage 
corn—not fully mature, but in good quan¬ 
tity. Apparently many new silos are be¬ 
ing built. We met several dairymen who 
are strongly considering beef cattle or 
some breed that will give a fair milk 
yield and make good beef. A good many 
dairymen are evidently considering that 
change. The sheep men are feeling bet¬ 
ter, and there will be quite an increase 
in sheep. In theory New York State 
ought to double its number of sheep, yet 
there are some who argue against it. 
Most of the present gain in flocks seems 
to be on fruit farms, where sheep are to 
be kept as a side line. There is more 
interest in riding and driving horses 
than formerly, and the big draft horse is 
still popular. There was a remarkable 
exhibit of silver foxes and considerable 
talk about fur farming—more than ever 
before since the pioneers in this line have 
demonstrated something of its possibili¬ 
ties. In poultry there seems more in¬ 
terest in the general purpose breeds like 
Reds and Rocks. There are tendencies in 
fruit growing in relation to varieties and 
plans for selling, but not yet quite dis¬ 
tinct. Studying such things as the peo¬ 
ple work them out is the most profitable 
thing about a big fair. 
BOYS AND GIRLS 
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which when discovered will spell the word 
described in the last line. It is not only 
fun to solve these puzzles, but still more 
to make them up. And it is very easy to 
do that if you know how to make good 
rhymes. 
Notes 
The words in the box this month are 
by Eleanor House, a Rhode Island 
reader. The only kind of work that 
counts is that done with will and heart 
in it. and the way to find the real friend¬ 
ship of Our Page is to be a good friend to 
it yourself. 
The list of contributors is below. 
It is rather short this time, but 
now that school is safely started many 
more of you will find opportunity to 
write, I hope. And we have so many in¬ 
teresting plans ahead just at present! 
In the last letter from Charlotte Booth, 
a reader who has done much for Our 
Page, she says: “One of my cousins who 
lives in New York City was visiting us 
and I was showing her the “Pages.” She 
thought they were just fine. I received 
a letter from her to-day. She said to 
send her the name of the paper that had 
the drawings in for she was ‘going to 
have that paper.’ I know I should be 
lonesome without it.” 
Edith Burnett, a 13-year-old New 
Jersey reader, says that she wishes other 
girls and boys would write to Our Page 
giving their ideas on a question which 
she has been pondering over a great deal 
herself. The question is: “Shall school 
work be taken as a pleasure or a duty?” 
This question is one that will make you 
think, and there are many things that 
might be said in answer. Have you any¬ 
thing to say? 
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dates in connection with future pages. 
Address all your letters to Edward M. 
Tuttle, in care The Rural New-Yorker, 
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List of September Contributions 
These are the readers who answered the Au¬ 
gust page before this one went to the printer. 
The name itself indicates that a letter was re¬ 
ceived from that boy or girl. Following each 
name is the age, whenever given, and a series 
of' alphabetical symbols referring to various 
contributions according to the following key: 
b—Words for the box. 
d—A drawing, 
e—An essay, 
g—A game. 
k—A new book or poem puzzle. 
1—Correct answer to Last book puzzle. 
m—A new nature puzzle. 
n—Correct answer to last nature puzzle. 
o—An original poem. 
p—A photographic picture. 
r—A rhyme for drawing. 
s—A story. 
v—A memory verse. 
x—Correct answer to last puzzle. 
z—A new puzzle or riddle. 
Connecticut: Ruth Willis (14, p), Genevieve 
Ivrouse (11, o, p, s, x), Rodger Orem (11, s), 
Mary Kasulis (d, p), Daphne Luce (14, b. m, 
n, p), Norman Hallock (17, d, o), Elinor Willis 
(12, d, m, x), Marie Collins (14, e, 1, o. x). 
Maine: Gladys Stackpole (8, n, s), Eleanor 
Ridley (13, 1), Elizabeth Jackson (11, k, 1, n). 
Maryland: Esther Wright (11, p, x). 
Massachusetts: Ruth Eaton (10, n), Beatrice 
Stevens (1G, b, 1, n, v, x, z), Vance Williams 
(15, o), Harold LeDuc (9, v), Miriam Tilden 
(14. 1, n, v), Edward Brown (11, n, p, x), 
Gladys Zwieher (n), Rachel Jones (12, v). 
Michigan: Harrison MacLagan (12, m, n). 
New Hampshire: Dorothy Fosdick (13, n, x), 
Helen Fosdick (11, o). 
New Jersey: Elizabeth Lee (10, d), Anna 
Haas (11, s, x, z), Edith Burnett (13). 
New York: Dorothy Fisher (13, n), Evalyn 
Utter (13, g, x), Charlotte Booth (10, d, n, x, 
z), Vera Chase (8, 1), Doris Ives (15, k), Pa¬ 
tricia Baer (11, n), Catherine Morehouse (11, 
1), Ivah Miller (13, e, 1, x), Viola L’Homme- 
dieu (15, x, z), Thelma Hulita (13. n, x, z), 
Janet Rose (11, m, x), Gertrude Kopashie (13, 
1, p), Jean Ketchem (11, b, n, o), Elsie Hesse 
(x), Genevieve Strader (s), Mary George (9, 
x), Emma Meale (14, o), Mary Leary (14, 1, o, 
x), Margaret Mackenzie (12, p), Frank Hota- 
ling (8, s), Mabel Tracy (10, n), Reba Whiting 
(10, d), Clara Huestis (z). Anna Ness, Martha 
Dudley (10, s), Anna Fessenden (13, 1, n), 
Elsie Forshaw (10, k, 1), Roy Bergman (13, x), 
Harry Pray (12), Julianna Simon (11), Adeline 
Schaefer (14, b, p, x, z), Hazel Pary (11), 
Olive Riker (x), Ethel Pratt (5, p), Cline Wil¬ 
son (s, p), Morris Brooks (14, k, p, x, z), 
Griffin F"oster (13, d, x). 
Ohio: Alice Belt (14, g, 1, n, x), Clara Belt 
(10, 1, n. x). 
Pennsylvania: Marjorie Blake (12, p, s), Mar¬ 
garet Handsehin (15, p, x), Martha Horst (b, 
k, p, z), Miriam Kachel (d. n, p), Anna War¬ 
ner (n, v), Gertrude Cogswell (13, d, m, n). 
Rhode Island: Bertha Bartz (10, p). 
Drying Sweet Corn and 
String Beans 
In a recent issue “Patsy’s Wife” writes 
sbe will try a neighbor’s method of dry¬ 
ing sweet corn. It seems to me that this 
method would be very hard for one per¬ 
son working alone, for in stirring the 
corn constantly there would be no time to 
cut off fresh corn or attend to that al¬ 
ready drying. Also might not the butter 
taste old and rancid if the corn were kept 
for any length of time? I wonder if she 
would be interested in this very satis¬ 
factory method that I have used for many 
years? It is easier and quicker, and the 
result is a much better product than that 
of boiling the corn before cutting it off 
the cob. which is used by so many. 
Cut the raw corn from the cob, just 
cutting the tips of the kernels and scrap¬ 
ing out the remainder. Fill a pan half 
full of this mixture and steam over a 
kettle of boiling water until it looks 
cooked and partly dried. Then place on 
plates and dry as usual. Plates are bet¬ 
ter than tins as they do not burn so 
easily. I find two enormous turkey plat¬ 
ters, which never see the light of day ex¬ 
cept in the drying season, very conven¬ 
ient. As the oil stove oven can be kept 
at a uniform temperature it is much bet¬ 
ter to use that when doing a small 
amount, but for a larger amount the 
oven, shelf, hearth and reservoir cover of 
the range will have to be utilized. Two 
kettles may be kept cooking at the same 
time, and it dries so quickly after being 
thoroughly steamed that it may be fin¬ 
ished in a day so there is no danger of 
souring. When nearly dry it must be 
carefully watched and stirred often to 
prevent burning. When it seems dry, put 
in cloth bags for a few days before 
storing in cans for the Winter. Do not 
forget to soak the pans and plates in 
cold water over night, for they are very 
hard to wash. For drying, as well as 
for eating, corn should be used as soon 
after gathering as possible. Golden Ban¬ 
tam and Golden Nugget are better than 
the white varieties, but take longer to 
prepare as the ears are smaller. 
Dried string beans are not as well 
known, but are delicious. The flavor 
differs from the canned string bean just 
as much as the dried corn differs from 
the canned corn, so it is well to have a 
supply of both on hand. Prepare the beans 
as for cooking for the table, and by the 
way, the work goes much faster and they 
taste as well, if a handful is cut with a 
butcher knife on a board instead of one 
pod at a time. Boil in a small amount 
of salted water for about 10 minutes, 
drain and spread on plates to dry. They 
will dry in about six hours. When fin¬ 
ished they will look dark and not es¬ 
pecially appetizing, but are delicious 
when soaked over night, cooked slowly 
and served with cream. Do not be dis¬ 
couraged because you have such a small 
amount to show as the result of your 
labor. Twelve or 14 quarts of cut beans 
make only one quart when dried, but one 
half cup of these make enough for four 
to six servings when soaked out and 
prepared for the table. The Black Wax, 
with a thick, meaty, stringless pod, is 
the best kind to use, or if you prefer a 
green pod try the Kentucky Wonder. A 
thin, tough, stringy pod is never good 
whether green or yellow, in spite of the 
fact that some people contend that 
“beans are beans.” a farm woman. 
Feeding Pullets 
I would like some information on the 
feeding of pullets. These are early 
hatches, March 24 and April 8, and have 
lived in colony houses in an apple or¬ 
chard all Summer, having free range; 
Rhode Island Whites. Feed: cracked 
corn and wheat night and morning and 
mash most of the time in boxes. We have 
now put them in the laying house.’ Combs 
but little developed except in very few 
which are ready to lay. Shall we still 
feed mash for next few weeks, and if 
so how heavy with meat scrap? In this 
pen there are 106. Last year we were 
later in housing, and the birds molted, 
and did not lay well. We have another 
100 Reds in about the same condition. 
These birds all weigh 3 lbs. or over. They 
seem later in developing this year. Per¬ 
haps because of wide range and plenty 
of green they have not eaten the feed 
as well. We have some dried butter¬ 
milk. but no directions for using it in 
liquid form. Can you tell us how to 
mix it and whether it will be necessary 
to give it to pullets? We have not suffi¬ 
cient fresh milk. c. S. M. 
East Saugatuck, Mich. 
These pullets should have the mash 
continued, the regular laying mash being 
fed. Your formula is good, though a 
greater amount of meat scrap is usually 
fed, unless skim-milk is also used. An¬ 
other 100 lbs. of meat scrap may be grad¬ 
ually added to the mash or the dried but¬ 
termilk may be used instead, in the same 
proportion. You did well to give more 
whole grain than mash while the pullets 
were developing, so that they might go 
into laying quarters not too advanced 
and in good, plump condition, but the 
mash should now be always before them, 
if you are feeding it dry. Do not make 
sudden changes in its composition; add 
meat scrap or dry buttermilk gradually 
until the full amount that you wish to 
give is being used, this depending upon 
how much milk you use in addition. Feed 
whole grains night and morning, as you 
doubtless have been doing, using, per¬ 
haps, about S quarts per 100 birds daily 
and feeding about one-third of it in the 
morning. They should readily clean up 
what is fed. When half or more of the 
pullets are laying, they will need more 
grain. If, in putting them into Win¬ 
ter quarters, they can be graded accord¬ 
ing to their development, the feeding 
problem will be simplified. Those begin¬ 
ning or about to begin to lay should be 
housed now. Those slow in developing 
may be left on range longer, but avoid 
any sudden changes after laying begins, 
either in care or feeding. m. b. d. 
CHICKS 
S, O, Buff Leghorns, 88—100. Bail ed Rocks, 89 
—100. Reds, 810—100. White Rocks, 813—100. 
Mixed, 87—100. I pay the Postage. 
JACOB NIEMOND Box 2 McAlisterville. Pi. 
YEARLING HENS and PULLETS 
S C. WHITE LEGHORN 
Price, $1 each. Higli quality stock of the best laying 
strains. Satisfaction guaranteed. Send for circular 
Harry F. Palmer Middleport. N.Y. 
400 Farm Range 
S. C. White Leghorn Matured Pullets 
at $1.50 each. YATES FARMS, Orchard Park, N.Y. 
P» U Xj Xi E T S 
Bred for egg production from my contest"IN-GOLD ” 
strain. S. C. W. Leghorn stock. Won 2nd plare at 
Ottawa, 3rd at Storrs, 1921, Also other high show¬ 
ings. A postal for priees and description. 
OTSEGO LEGHORN FARM Hartwick Seminary, N.Y. 
S. C. White Leghorn Pullets 
March hatch. Free range. 83 each. 
FRED W. UCKERT, Milford. N. J. R. D. No. 1 
For Sale comb White Leghorn Cockerels 
Tancreed Strain. From dams with records of 270 
to 297 eggs. Fine, strong, vigorous birds. Free range. 
Price. $2.50 to $5, J. F. & B. B. LOCKE 
Vineland, N. J. Phone 53 R. 3 
WYCKOFF LEGHORN Pullets 
Bred for size and high flock average. At attractive 
prices. KED-W-FARM, Wolcott, New York 
SjTie 500 April Hatched S. G. White Leghorn Pullets 
ZZ, Well developed. From heavy laying strains. 
Tarbell Farms - Smithvlllo Flats, N. Y. 
600 MAR „ CH * r R,L White Leghorn Pullets, Cockerels 
Same breeding as pen 45 leading New York St«te contest. 
Also 300 Mareh-April Rock Pullets, Cockerels. 
Jules F. Francais Westhampton Beach, L. I. N.Y. 
nice, 12-week s-o Id 
I II1161S B. Rocks, $ 1.10 apiece 
PAUL KUHL 
S.G.W. Leghorns 
Copper Hill, N. J. 
For Sale-400 Single Comb White Leghorn Pullets 
April Hatched. 81.85 each. 
CLAUDE CLINTON Clermont, N. X. 
Wanted-100 W. Leghorn Pullets 
ers' price. W. M. SEL1ERS, Rosewood Farm. Hurlock, Md, 
FOR SALE— 100 April Hatched S. C. W. Leghorn Pullets 
Bred from our own trap-nested hens. $ 1.75 each. 
WERNER BROTHERS - Mt. Marion, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—20 Pure Bred White Wyandotte Pullets 
April Hatched. each. 
Sam'l N. Miller It. I). No. 2 Huntingdon, Pa. 
Barron-Wyckotf Leghorn Pullets rZ^'^Miik fe e d e 
Dandies. $l.!i5each. Wm. D. Seidel, 8tranberry Uidge, Pa. 
White Leghorn and Barred Rock Pullets stock 1 ; 
This season's pens. WALTER SCHEDLER, West Co.tickle. N. f. 
S C. Brown A Eng. W. Leghorns. 332 egg. Trapnested. 
• Pedigreed stock. Cat. VERA FULTON. B-9B. Gallipoli.. Ohio 
YEARLING HENS, Mottled ANCONAS 
(120) # 2.00 each ; Tou louse Geese, #15.00, trio; White 
China Geese. Sis OO, trio; White Pekin Ducks, #8.00, 
trio ; Faun Indian Banner Ducks, #5 OO, trio. Pigeons, 
60c each. C. A. BRUHNS, 67 Edgtwood Ava-, Pleasantville, N. T. 
ROSE AND SINGLE COMB REDS 
Big, husky, farm raised cockerels and pullets bred for 
vigor, large size, dark red color and heavy laying. Re¬ 
duced priees to November 1st. Catalog free. 
RALPH KNICKERBOCKER R. 36 Pine Plains. N.Y. 
RHODE ISLAND WHITES and { SINGLE 
RHODE ISLAND REDSfCOMB 
Trap nested stock. Bred for Winter eggs. March 
and Aptil pullets, 83 each. A few yearling hens, 
83 each. Cockerels, 83.50 to 85. 
O. G. L. LEWIS - - - Paolt, Pa. 
For Sale-sever^HunJred Rhode Island Red Pullets 
and a few selected breeding cockerels, four months old. 
All from accredited stock and high producers, Ijia. 
A. R. Wilkinson - Lynn Center, New Hampshire 
I n J Cocks, Hens, Cockerels, Pullets. Fine quality 
. IVcQa Cheap. S. BOWDEN, Box 1 95, Mansfield. O 
R | n n J Pullole N«y 10 th hatch. Good stock. *1 each. 
. I. ncu rUlieih A. CHUBB Randolph. N Y. 
f a ai g e a of Barred Rock Pullets 
Wonderful values at reduced priees. FIRE destroyed 
our laying house, forcing us to sell our entire year’s 
output of pullets at once. Write for circular and 
bargain prices. PIONEER ORCHARDS, Hancock, Maryland 
PARKS 9 Barred Rocks 
Owen Farm's Reds, Martin’s White Wyandottes. 
Yearling pullets, 82.50 each; pullets, 3 months, 
82; 4 months, 82.25. 
RIVERDALE POULTRY FARM, Box 165. Riverdale. N. J. 
KENT BARRED ROCKS 
Contest records—Storrs 270, Michigan 264, Vineland 
251, Breeding hens, cocks, cockerels. Catalogue. 
YV H. B. KENT Cazenovia, New York 
T3 AYBERRY FARM 
P ARRED ROCKS 
Cocks, Hens, Cockerels and Pullets. Money back guaran¬ 
tee. Bayberry Farm Southampton, L. 1., New York 
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS 
Selling my entire flock, both Exhibition and Utility 
stock. State your wantsand get my price before you buy 
elsewhere. Codar Hill Poultry Farm, North Germantown, N.Y. 
quab Book FREE 
Squaba selling at highest prices ever known. Greatest 
market for 20 years. Make money breeding them. 
Kaisedinone month. We ship every whereourfa- 
mousbreeding stock andsupplies. Established 
24 yrs. W rite now’ for big ill ustrated free book, 
How to to Make Money Breeding Squabs. 
PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB CO.# 
205 H St., Melrose Highlands, Mass. 
PbE DUCKS 
America’s Standard 
Strain. BREEDERS NOW. 
PARDEE’S PEKINS. ISL1P. N.Y. 
GEESE— White Chinese size and heavy layers. #4 
apiece. Leslie Brundage - Salisbury Mills, N. Y. 
Turkeys 
Special Discount on young and old breeders. 
Also ducks and geese. Write your wants. 
H A Souder Box 29 Sellersvlllo Pa. 
Pnlrlnn Dkiwi.o.l. Beautiful breeding stock. Perfect 
uoiden Pheasants stock. #15—pair #20—trio. 
H. Shugard 1 001 Magnolia Ave. Elixabeth. N. J. 
