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Ih* RURAL NEW.YORKER 
October 11, 1924 
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COMPANY, Troy, NY. 
Makers of 
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Our hardy upland trees of known merit will establish themselves quickly, make a rapid 
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Practical directions for painting, deco¬ 
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Price $1.25 
From The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W. 30th St., N. Y. 
Every Garden NeedsColumbian Purple Raspberries 
Delicious fruit; beautiful bushes: disease resistant; 
long lived; heavy producers; do not spread. Dozen, 
SI; 100, S4. Washington Asparagus: 100— SI; 1,000 
—S8. Bliss, the highest quality Strawberry. Dozen 
—tM; 100—#5. Postpaid. Choice Iris roots free with all 
orders. Circular free. CERTIFIED PLANT FARM, Maeedon, N.Y. 
Iris and Peonies 
W. H. TOPPIN 
Write for prices. 15 Iris, prepaid, $1. 
i Peonies, prepaid. *1 
Merchantvllle, New Jersey 
/•A Message From Senator La Follette> 
If you are interested in the La Follette-Wheeler 
Campaign please write at once to 
ARTHUR GARFIELD HAYS, Chairman, New York State La Follette-Wheeler 
Campaign Committee, 25 West 43rd Street, New York City 
taken from the classified list. When in 
the judgment of the assessors classified 
forest land becomes more valuable for 
other use than the production of trees, 
they may after 30 days’ notice, withdraw 
said land from classification, and any 
taxes due thereon shall be paid at the 
time of withdrawal; provided, that the 
owner may appeal from such withdrawal 
to the commissioner, whose decision shall 
be final. Whenever land is withdrawn 
from classification, the assessors shall re¬ 
cord in the registry of deeds for the coun¬ 
ty or district where the land lies a certi¬ 
ficate setting forth such withdrawal, and 
containing reference by book and page to 
the record of the certificate under which 
said land was classified. Section 5. In 
case of dispute as to the eligibility of 
land for classification, or as to the vol¬ 
ume of wood or timber contained on such 
land or cut therefrom, either party may 
appeal to the State forester, who shall 
examine 'the property and hear both 
parties, and whose decision shall be final. 
Section 6. Any owner of classified forest 
land who fails to comply with the require¬ 
ments of this chapter shall, upon convic¬ 
tion thereof, be punished by a fine of 
not less than $10 nor more than $500, 
and in addition to said penalty the land 
may be withdrawn from classification by 
the assessors. 
Section 2. Notwithstanding Ihe pass¬ 
age of this act, all land and the trees, 
wood and timber thereon which are, on 
the date when this act takes effect, sub¬ 
ject to the provisions of chapter 61 of the 
general laws shall continue to be subject 
thereto in accordance therewith. 
An Institute for Plant 
Research 
The formal opening of the William 
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Re¬ 
search was held on September 25, on the 
grounds near Yonkers, in a suburb of 
New York City. There were about 350 
persons present including agricultural 
college men, scientific students and other 
friends of Colonel Thompson. The In¬ 
stitute consists of an acreage of ground 
opposite Col. Thompson’s palatial resi¬ 
dence which overlooks the Hudson River, 
and one unit of the designed structure, 
which w T ill be rectangular in form and 
is to cost $5,100,000 with equipments. 
The unit already constructed consist of 
laboratories, greenhouses, offices and li¬ 
braries. The equipment makes it possible 
to control heat, light and moisture, and 
to study the effects on plant growth and 
structure, together with their response 
to different forms of fertility. Experts 
pronounce it the best equipped institute 
of the kind in the world, and its project 
the most ambitious ever undertaken any¬ 
where. 
This institute of plant research is one 
of Col. Thompson’s personal contribu¬ 
tions to society. It was conceived by 
him, and entirely financed by his gener¬ 
osity. Botanical students predict great 
and lasting benefits from it to the human 
race. 
The guests were entertained for lunch¬ 
eon at Col. Thompson’s home; and had 
the opportunity of inspecting his collec¬ 
tion of rough and polished metals, which 
is said to be the largest and finest in the 
world. 
Notes From Southern New 
York 
We are having delightful Fall weather 
just a touch of frost the night of Sep¬ 
tember 6 but no material damage. It 
was cold and rainy a few days after the 
frost, but since then the weather has 
been all one could ask for. Our Spring 
was very late, we were watching it rain 
when we should have been plowing, plow¬ 
ing when we should have been planting, 
and planting when we should have been 
cultivating. We have SO acres of buck¬ 
wheat, but on account of late plowing, 
the last of the planting didn’t grow very 
tall, although each stalk, however short, 
is loaded with the little three-cornered 
grains. The problem confronting us now 
is how to cut it, as it is too short for a 
binder, but some way that buckwheat 
crop must be harvested, for we have 
pinned so much faith to it for meeting 
the many bills ever facing the present day 
farmer. 
The wild fruits have been wonderful 
this year. First came the strawberries. 
The pasture ground was red with them, 
and the cows would come in stained all 
along the sides where they had lain on 
them. Next came the red raspberry, and 
every sprig was loaded with the luscious 
fruit. Now the blackberries, although 
they are almost gone, one can still find 
enough to make the trip to the woods 
worth while. Although planted late the 
Gladiolus and Dahlias are blooming 
steadily ; it seems as if they were hurry¬ 
ing to finish blooming before the frost 
cuts them down. Too bad they cannot 
bloom on and on. It almost makes one 
wish they could live where the flowers 
bloomed all the year. 
The hay was not nearly so good this 
year, which will probably make the dairy 
cow quite a reasonable price, as many 
farmers are short of hay. We hear the 
familiar ring of the school bell these 
mornings. It won’t be long until pota¬ 
to digging will be in full swing, some with 
up-to-date machinery and some the old- 
fashioned way. It is hard to convince 
the old-timer that the newfangled potato 
machinery will work, even after he sees 
it demonstrated he cannot believe his 
own eyes. Potatoes are very good in this 
section, but the price is low compared to 
a year ago. Last year at this time they 
were selling at from $1.50 to $1.75 per 
bushel, and now they are from 75e to 
90c per bushel, quite a difference, and 
many farmers were counting so much on 
their early potato crop, but that is only 
one of the many disappointments of 
farmers. After potato digging is over one 
must think of the Winter wood-pile, and 
what a lot of wood it does take on these 
windy New York hills, when the wind 
goes howling around the corner and the 
snow piles up "so high, and that time is 
not far away now. G. V. L. 
Changes in Baldwin Apple 
The New York Experiment Station at 
Geneva has issued the following note to 
show that fruit varieties are not changed 
by environment: 
The Baldwin apple is probably more 
generally distributed throughout the 
United States than is any other variety 
of apple, and it has been grown for a 
great number of years under a wide range 
of soil and climatic conditions. Many 
fruit growers contend that when Baldwin 
is grown for long periods of time under 
different conditions new strains of this 
variety are developed. In 1911, horticul¬ 
turists at the New York State Agricultu¬ 
ral Experiment Station at Geneva de¬ 
cided to try out this theory. Eighty- 
four Baldwin apple trees were purchased 
from 40 different locations in the United 
States, and were set out on the station 
grounds at Geneva to determine whether 
distinct strains of this variety had de¬ 
veloped under widely different environ¬ 
ments. 
The trees are now in full bearing, and 
all 84 produce fruit similar in size, color, 
season, and quality, say the station fruit 
specialists in a recent report on the prog¬ 
ress of this experiment. “While there 
may be strains of the Baldwin apple in 
different parts of the United States,” 
says the report, “it seems fairly certain 
from this experiment that they have not 
originated necessarily because of differ¬ 
ences in environment.” 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, OCT. 11, 1924 
FARM TOPICS 
Sweet Clover in. New Jersey ... 1288 
Questions on Rotation . 1291 
Hope Farm Notes .1296, 1297 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Best Stock to Eat the Corn . 1287 
Poorly Nourished Calves . 1304 
Profit in Feeding: . 1304 
Danish Plan of Pasturing- . 1306 
Dairy and Cow Notes .. 1306 
Administration of Tuberculin Test . 1306 
Feeding Saddle Horses .... 1308 
THE HENYARD 
Lighting the Poultry House .. • 1288 
Hens and the Rye Crop . 1291 
New York State Egg-laying Contest . 1310 
Diseased Hens . 1310 
Poisoned Hens . 1310 
Lights to Prevent Hens . 1310 
Cost of Henkeeping . 1312 
Excess of Male Birds Hatched . 1312 
Worms in Gizzard . 1312 
Construction of Henhouse . 1312 
New Jersey Egg-laying Contest . 1312 
Frost-proof Device for Poultry Water Sys¬ 
tem . 1313 
Small Incubators; Honey in Auto Radia¬ 
tor . 1313 
Roupy Hens . 1313 
Blackhead . 1313 
HORTICULTURE 
Apple Borers . 1286 
Exterminating Mole Crickets . 1286 
Bronze Birch Borer . 1286 
Currant Aphis . 1291 
Cherries Cracking . 1291 
Grapes With Poor Clusters . 1295 
Grape Midge . 1295 
Leaf-spot of Cherries . 1295 
Snails in the Garden . 1297 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day . 1302 
Making Best of Things . 1302 
Uncooked Pickles from Indiana .1302, 1303 
Cold Cucumber Pickle . 1303 
The Rural Patterns . 1303 
Butterscotch Pie . 1303 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Helping Teachers in New Jersey . 1288 
How Radio Works . 1289 
The Massachusetts Forestry Law ....1289, 1290 
Water Power Question . 1293 
A Pumping Problem . 1293 
Spring in Cistern . 1293 
Circular Saw With Electric Power. 1293 
Tiling in Spring . 1293 
Editorials . I 298 
The “Resolutions” on Agriculture . 1299 
Child Labor Amendment and This Case .... 1299 
Transportation to Consolidated Schools ... 1299 
New York State Rural School Improve¬ 
ment Society . I 299 
A Result of Rural School Consolidation.. 1299 
Honoring a Colored Man . 1309 
A Day in a Modern School . 1309 
This Family Worked . J 899 
Publisher’s Desk . 1314 
