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Iht  RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
July  28,  1923 
out,  rinse,  fill  with  cold  water,  put 
faucet  in  hole  instead  of  screw  cap,  or 
if  wished,  a  hole  could  be  punched  in  bot¬ 
tom  of  can  and  put  faucet  there.  Faucets 
can  be  bought  at  10-cent  stores.  I  went 
out  to  look  at  mine  in  the  chick  yard  and 
found  it  had  overflowed.  The  chickens 
seemed  to  be  paddling  in  it,  having  a 
beautiful  time.  A.  L. 
New  York  State  Notes 
Livingston  and  Monroe  counties  are 
again  in  the  limelight  in  the  dairy  im¬ 
provement  association  work  in  the  State. 
The  high  cow  in  fat  production  is  owned 
by  Allen  Delaney  of  Livingston  County. 
This  lady  is  a  IIolstein-Friesian  and  pro¬ 
duced  110.7  lbs.  of  fat  from  2,013,1  lbs. 
of  milk.  For  high  production  the  cow 
which  stood  fourth  in  fat  production  was 
the  leader.  She  is  owned  by  Fisher 
Brothers  of  Spencerport,  Monroe  County, 
and  produced  95.6  lbs.  of  fat  and  made 
2,276.4  lbs.  of  milk.  Monroe  County  took 
second  place  for  fat  production  and  third 
place  for  milk,  with  a  IIolstein-Friesian 
owned  by  James  Stewart  of  Pittsford. 
This  cow  made  103  lbs.  of  fat  and  2,083.2 
lbs.  of  milk. 
Farmers  and  railroad  men  recently  met 
in  Syracuse  and  held  an  all-day  confer¬ 
ence  going  over  the  problems  which  are 
of  common  interest.  Enos  Lee  of  York- 
town  Heights  presided  at  the  meeting  as 
president  of  the  State  Farm  Bureau  Fed¬ 
eration.  In  summing  up  what  results 
came  from  the  meeting,  Mr.  Lee  said : 
“Closer  and  more  effective  co-operation 
will  undoubtedly  result  between  the  car¬ 
riers  and  the  farmers  as  a  result  of  the 
meeting.  Nothing  can  be  accomplished 
when  farmers  complain  at  shipping  ser¬ 
vice,  or  railroads  at  farmers’  methods  of 
handling  shipments.  The  way  to  secure 
results  is  to  get  together  and  work  out 
common  problems.  That  is  the  way  we 
have  chosen,  and  I  am  convinced  it  will 
work  excellently.”  At  this  meeting  there 
were  26  railroad  representatives  pres¬ 
ent,  and  the  following  farm  organization 
representatives:  Dairymen’s  League  Co- 
Operative  Association,  the  G.  L.  F.  Ex¬ 
change,  the  Empire  State  Potato  Grow¬ 
ers’  Co-operative  Association,  the  West¬ 
ern  New  York  Fruit  Growers’  Go-opera¬ 
tive  Packing  Association  and  the  New 
York  Sheep  Breeders’  Co-operative  Asso¬ 
ciation. 
The  committees  that  are  working  on 
the  organization  of  the  National  Dairy 
Show  are  pleased  with  the  results  that 
are  being  brought  about.  Committees 
have  already  been  appointed  in  each  agri¬ 
cultural  county  of  the  State  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  interesting  the  farmers  of  that 
county  in  the  show,  and  where  it  is  prac¬ 
tical  and  desirable  for  farmers  to  exhibit 
at  the  show.  This  year  the  show  will 
have  an  added  attraction  for  the  average 
milk-producing  farmer  in  that  a  class  has 
been  opened  for  grade  cattle.  While  em¬ 
phasis  will  be  placed  on  purebreds  as 
seed  stock,  yet  the  grade  will  have  her 
innings. 
The  tuberculosis  work  in  the  State  has 
been  a  subject  of  much  discussion  during 
the  past  two  years.  So  many  plans  of 
carrying  on  this  work  have  been  in  opera¬ 
tion  throughout  the  State,  and  in  order 
to  suggest  a  plan  that  will  utilize  the 
public  funds  to  best  advantage,  a  com¬ 
mittee  called  together  by  the  State  Farm 
Bureau  Federation  has  been  working  on 
the  matter  for  some  time.  At  their  last 
meeting  on  July  5  they  completed  their 
work  and  disbanded,  and  have  submitted 
their  report  to  the  federation  for  their 
approval,  and  the  federation  in  turn  will 
make  suggestions  to  the  State  and  Fed¬ 
eral  Co-operative  offices.  This  commit¬ 
tee  has  been  composed  of  breeders,  dairy¬ 
men,  and  at  its  last  meeting  had  the 
counsel  of  C.  P.  Norgord,  who  has  recent¬ 
ly  been  appointed  Assistant  Commission¬ 
er  of  the  State  Department  of  Agricul¬ 
ture,  and  has  had  considerable  experience 
■with  this  type  of  work  in  the  West.  It 
is  expected  that  the  report  will  be  made 
public  within  a  few  days,  and  will  have 
considerable  information  as  to  the  best 
plan  for  counties  to  follow  in  carrying 
out  its  program. 
The  matter  of  the  purchase  of  the  New 
York  Southern  Railroad  by  the  inhab¬ 
itants  along  its  line  is  yet  very  much  un¬ 
settled.  Enthusiasm  has  been  rather 
spotted  on  this  project,  as  the  present 
owners  of  the  road  have  found  it  un¬ 
profitable  to  operate  it,  and  many  feel 
that  as  that  is  the  case  persons  unfamil¬ 
iar  with  railroad  work  could  not  be  ex¬ 
pected  to  be  any  more  successful.  In 
carrying  on  the  financing  campaign,  mass 
meetings  have  been  held  and  circulars 
distributed  for  the  purchase  of  stock. 
The  sale  of  the  road  and  the  whole  ques¬ 
tion  of  its  abandonment  is  closely  co¬ 
related  with  the  farm  values  of  this  ter¬ 
ritory,  as  shippers  will  in  most  cases 
have  a  much  longer  haul  to  market  their 
produce.  e.  a.  f. 
EVENTS  OF  THE  WEEK 
DOMESTIC. — The  factory  of  John  I). 
Parsons,  Inc.,  manufacturers  of  bakers’ 
supplies  and  confectionery,  on  Hamilton 
street,  Albany,  N.  Y.  was  destroyed  by 
fire  July  12,  with  a  loss  estimated  at 
$150,000.  One  fireman  was  injured  and 
several  others  narrowly  escaped  when  a 
wall  collapsed. 
Two  persons  were  killed  and  several 
injured  when  a  tornado  struck  Granite, 
Okla.,  July  12.  Considerable  property 
loss  was  reported. 
The  narcotic  situation  at  Buffalo,  N. 
Y.,  was  being  probed  July  12  by  two 
separate  investigations,  one  directed  by 
United  States  Attorney  William  J.  Don¬ 
ovan  before  a  Federal  Grand  Jury  and 
the  other  a  public  inquiry  directed  by 
Mayor  Schwab  into  charges  involving 
police  officers  in  alleged  drug  traffic.  One 
police  captain  and  seven  detectives  were 
charged  with  accepting  graft  by  a  wit¬ 
ness  in  the  Mayor’s  investigation. 
A  final  decree  making  permanent  the 
temporary  injunction  obtained  by  the 
United  States  Government  in  Federal 
court,  Chicago,  October  5,  1922,  against 
the  Railway  Employees’  Department  of 
the  American  Federation  of  Labor,  its 
officers  and  others,  restraining  them  from 
interfering  in  any  manner  with  the  oiier- 
ation  of  railroads  during  the  nationwide 
shopmen’s  strike,  was  entered  July  12 
by  Judge  James  H.  Wilkerson  of  the 
United  States  District  Court. 
Fire  that  swept  up  Burke  Canyon, 
Idaho,  July  14,  destroying  the  little  min¬ 
ing  town  of  Mace  and  all  except  the  east¬ 
ern  residence  section  of  Burke,  Idaho, 
was  brought  under  control  after  having 
wrought  damage  estimated  at  $1,500,000. 
No  lives  were  lost.  The  homeless  are  es¬ 
timated  at  upward  of  400  persons.  Sev¬ 
eral  hundred  miners  battled  their  way  to 
safety  from  the  depths  of  the  Hecla  mine 
after  being  cut  off  by  the  fire.  In  the 
little  towns  of  Burke  and  Mace,  the  fire 
swept  its  way  through  nearly  a  mile  and 
a  half  of  homes,  stores  and  mining  works. 
The  entire  business  section  of  Burke  was 
destroyed  and  virtually  every  home  is  in 
ruins.  It  was  announced  by  officials  of 
the  Hercules  Mining  Company  that  the 
Hecla  surface  works  were  destroyed, 
though  the  Hercules  plant  had  been 
saved.  Loss  to  the  Hecla  Company  is 
estimated  by  local  mining  men  at  be¬ 
tween  $750,000  and  $1,000,000.  The  elec- 
trict  hoist  of  the  Hecla,  one  of  the  larg¬ 
est  in  the  world  was  burned. 
The  Hotel  Ferneliff  at  Greenwood 
Lake,  N.  Y.,  a  frame  landmark,  with  250 
rooms,  was  struck  by  lightning  during 
a  thunderstorm  July  14  and  destroyed  by 
fire  in  30  minutes.  Sixty  guests,  mostly 
women  and  children,  had  narrow  escapes. 
Greenwood  Lake  is  about  seven  miles 
southwest  of  Monroe,  N.  Y„  and  extends 
across  the  New  York-New  Jersey  line. 
Herbert  Wilson  and  Cecil  Coates, 
aviators,  were  drowned  in  the  ocean  at 
Venice,  Cal.,  July  13,  when  their  engine 
failed  at  an  altitude  of  about  200  feet 
and  their  seaplane  glided  into  the  water. 
William  A.  Hogan,  secretary  of  the 
International  Brotherhood  of  Electrical 
Workers,  local  No.  3,  of  New  York,  who 
was  convicted  of  misappropriating  $26,- 
000  of  the  union’s  funds,  received  his 
freedom  by  a  commutation  order  of  Gov. 
Smith  July  13.  The  Governor’s  action 
shortens  his  sentence  by  a  little  more 
than  two  months. 
William  Paul  Dillingham,  United 
States  Senator  and  chief  author  of  the 
existing  immigration  law,  died  at  Mont¬ 
pelier,  Vt.,  July  12,  following  an  opera¬ 
tion  for  gallstones  at  the  Heaton  Hospi¬ 
tal  on  June  20.  'William  Paul  Dilling¬ 
ham  came  of  old  Colonial  ancestry  and 
of  a  family  distinguished  in  public  service 
for  several  generations.  His  first  Ameri¬ 
can  ancestor  was  John  Dillingham,  who 
came  to  Massachusetts  from  England  in 
1630;  his  great-grandfather.  Paul  Dil¬ 
lingham,  was  killed  while  fighting  un¬ 
der  Wolfe  at  Quebec;  his  grandfather, 
Paul  Dillingham,  served  for  three  years 
in  the  Revolution  ;  and  his  father,  Paul 
Dillingham,  was  Governor  of  Vermont 
and  a  Representative  in  Congress. 
One  hundred  Omaha  residences  are  go¬ 
ing  to  be  closed  up  for  a  year  by  the 
United  States  Marshal,  the  windows 
boarded  up  and  padlocks  placed  on  the 
doors  if  suits  now  being  prepared  by 
C.  Kinsle'r,  United  States  District  At¬ 
torney,  are  decided  in  favor  of  the  Gov¬ 
ernment.  Mr.  Kinsler  charges  these  resi¬ 
dences  have  been  used  for  the  purpose  of 
selling  whiskey  and  the  suits  will  be  filed 
under  a  decision  of  Federal  Judge  Farris 
of  St.  Louis  that  the  residences  in  which 
liquor  has  been  sold  may  be  declared  a 
nuisance  and  closed  under  the  padlock 
provisions  of  the  Volstead  law.  Accord¬ 
ing  to  the  District  Attorney,  occupants  of 
all  these  houses  have  been  convicted  of 
selling  liquors  in  their  homes,  so  that  the 
Government  will  not  have  to  prove  sale. 
A  Chicago  Grand  Jury  July  16  in¬ 
dicted  22  as  members  of  a  bootleg  ring 
that  did  $3,000,000  business  in  1920  at 
a  cost  of  $200,000  in  bribes  of  Govern¬ 
ment  officials. 
California’s  war  against  the  Industrial 
Workers  of  the  World  and  its  activities 
passed  to  a  new  stage  July  17,  following 
the  issuance  by  Superior  Judge  Charles 
O.  Busick  of  Sacramento  County  of  a 
sweeping  temporary  injunction  prohibit¬ 
ing  virtually  all  activities  of  the  organi¬ 
zation  and  affiliated  bodies  in  that  State. 
Under  the  terms  of  the  writ  mere  mem¬ 
bership  in  the  I.  W.  W.  or  affiliated 
bodies  will  be  construed  as  contempt  of 
court,  punishable  by  six  months’  im¬ 
prisonment  without  the  necessity  of  a 
jury  trial.  The  injunction  is  to  relieve 
the  criminal  courts  in  the  State  which 
have  become  clogged  with  a  multiplicity 
of  I.  W.  W.  prosecutions  Tinder  the 
criminal  syndicalism,  under  which  it  is 
necessary  in  each  case  both  to  prove 
membership  and  to  prove  that  the  I.  W. 
W.  is  an  organization  covered  by  the 
terms  of  the  statute. 
Remas  Iloffer,  one-year-old  son  of 
Jacob  Hoffer,  wealthy  vineyardist,  of 
Lodi,  Cal,  drowned  in  a  goldfish  bowl 
in  his  home  there  July  17.  The  child’s 
mother  found  him  headfirst  in  the  bowl, 
which  contained  about  four  inches  of 
water. 
Separation  of  the  International  Har¬ 
vester  Company  into  at  least  three  dis¬ 
tinct  corporations,  with  wholly  separate 
owners,  stockholders  and  officials,  was 
demanded  by  Attorney  General  Daugh¬ 
erty  July  17,  in  a  petition  filed  in  the 
Federal  District  Court  at  St.  Paul.  Such 
a  step  is  necessary,  the  Attorney  Gen¬ 
eral’s  petition  declared,  because  the  dis¬ 
solution  decree  originally  entered  against 
the  company  in  1918  had  proved  “inade¬ 
quate”  to  breau  up  restraint  of  tradd  and 
restore  competition  in  the  production,  of 
harvesting  machines  and  oilier  farm  im¬ 
plements. 
CONTENTS 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER,  JULY  28, 
FARM  TOPICS 
Smaller  Farm  Buildings  and  Storage . 
Selling  Hay  in  the  Field . 
Wastes  of  Crops  Make  Business . 
King  Cotton  as  Hired  Man . 
Hope  Farm  Notes . 
The  Farmers’  Party  in  Ontario,  Canada... 
New  Jersey  Crop  Report . 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY 
More  About  the  Modern  Milk  Goats.  .990, 
Wool  Handling  in  Connecticut . 
Congested  Udder  . 
Fistula  of  Teat . 
Running  and  Barking  Fits  in  Dogs . 
Iritis  . 
THE  HENYARD 
Oil  Can  Drinking  Fountains . 
Egg-laying  Contest  . . . 
White  Diarrhoea;  Turpentine  for  Black 
head  . . 
Blackhead  or  Coccidiosis  . 
Testirg  for  Laying  . 
Possible  Chicken  Pox . 
Conflicting  Feeding  Formulas . 
HORTICULTURE 
Where  Do  Plants  Come  From . 
A  Vacation  in  the  Berry  Field . 
WOMAN  AND  HOME 
1923 
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Another  Kind  of  Co-operation .  997 
Boys  and  Girls . 1000,  1001,  1003 
The  Home  Dressmaker . . . 1003 
Ginger  Cookies  .  1003 
Chocolate  Cookies  .  1003 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Rail  Movement  of  Fruits  and  Vegetables 
991, 
Tree  Toad  or  Tree  Frog . 
A  Small  Fishpond  . 
Raising  Goldfish  . 
Publishing  a  New  Book  . 
Editorials  . 
The  Committee  of  Twenty-one  and  the 
School  Bill  . . . 
Tax  Exempt  Farm  Tools  in  Massachusetts 
A  Farm  Woman  on  Schools . 
Questions  About  a  Federal  Land  Bank 
Loan  . 
The  Pastoral  Parson  . . 
Lime  Deposits  in  Water  Boiler . 
Basket  Making  . 
A  Bulletin  About  Knots . 
Waterproof  Cements  . 
Markets  . 
Publisher’s  Desk  . . 
Recollections  of  Public  Men . 
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DIGS  BETTER 
Earns  More  Money  for  You 
RICE  Potato  Diggers  are  the  lightest  draft  four-wheel  diggers 
in  the  world.  Far  in  advance  of  any  type  of  digger  ever 
produced.  Completely  equipped  with  every  convenience- 
nothing  left  off.  Do  not  stone  clog.  The  only  diggers  properly 
equipped  for  side-hill  digging.  Instant  control  of  agitation 
Proved  the  best  by  years  of  service.  Substantially  built. 
WRITE  for  free  illustrated  catalogue. 
Agents  wanted  in  territory  not  covered 
RICE  MFC.  CO.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
TOeRICE 
Potato  Digger 
Fine  Big  Berries 
Lovett’s  New  “All-Season”  Everbearing  Straw¬ 
berry  surpasses  the  choicest  June  bearing  sorts 
in  size,  aroma  and  flavor. 
No  other  berry  we  know  bears  such  July  and 
August  crops  as  does  Lovett’s  All-Season. 
And  you  can  still  count  on  a  full  crop  next 
Spring  if  you 
Plant  these  NOW 
With  the  help  of  our  sturdy 
pot-grown  plants  you  can 
catch  up  with  the  season. 
Everbearing  sorts  planted 
during  July  should  bear  a 
small  crop  within  8  weeks. 
Learn  all  about  the  mani¬ 
fold  advantages  of  setting 
out  pot-grown  Strawberry 
Elants  NOW,  by  writing  for 
ovett’s  “Midseason  Hints’’ 
—Catalog  No.  108,  TODAY. 
LOVETT'S  NURSERY,  Box  162,  Little  Silver,  N.  J. 
Lovett’s  for  Small  Fruits  I 
Reliability 
is  a  part  of  the  bargain 
when  you  buy  Kelly 
Trees.  They  are  from 
responsible  nurseries — 
with  a  national  reputation. 
Kelly’s  Trees  are  a  source  of 
future,  sure  profits — and  they 
cost  no  more  than  other  trees. 
Write  for  FREE  1923 
Catalog,  lists  and  fall  prices 
— also  proper  methods  for 
ordering  and  planting. 
Kelly  Bros.  Nurseries 
1160  Main  Street  Dansville,  N.  Y. 
PARAGON  Sprayers 
CANNOT  CLOG 
Write  for  information. 
F.  H.  R.  CRAWFORD  &  CO., 299  Broadway, N.Y.  City 
Strawberry  Plants  for  August 
and  fall  planting.  Pot-grown  and 
runner  plants  that  will  bear  fruit 
next  summer.  Raspberry,  Black¬ 
berry,  Dewberry,  Loganberry,  Gooseberry,  Currant,  Grape 
plants ;  Asparagus,  Rhubarb,  Hop,  Horseradish  roots  for 
fall  planting. 
Delphinium,  Columbine,  Hol¬ 
lyhock,  Canterbury  Bells, 
Centaurea,  Bleeding  Heart, 
Foxglove,  Gaillardia,  Hibis¬ 
cus,  Peony,  Phlox,  Hardy  Pink,  Hardy  Salvia,  Hardy  Car¬ 
nation,  Oriental  Poppv,  Sweet  William,  Wallflower,  and 
other  Hardy  Perennials,— the  kind  that  live  outdoors  all 
winter,  and  bloom  year  after  year ;  Roses,  Shrubs :  for 
summer  and  fall  planting. 
Catalog  free. 
HARRY  L.  SQUIRES  -  Hampton  Bays,  N.  Y. 
SENT  BY  EXPRESS 
OR  PARCEL  POST 
PLANTS 
Per  100  500  1,000  5  000 
CABBAGE .  $0.30  $0.80  $125  $  5. CO 
CAULIFLOWER  &  PEPPER...  .65  2  00  3  50  15.00 
TOMATO  AND  B.  SPROUTS  ..  .40  1  00  1.50  6  25 
SWEET  POTATO . 60  1.75  3  00  12  50 
CELERY . 50  1  50  2  50  10.00 
Catalog  Free. 
C.  E.  FIELD,  SewelJ,  N.  J. 
r  non  nnn  cabbage. cauliflower 
D,UUU,UUU  BRUSSELS  SPROUTS.  CELERY  PLANTS 
Cabbage  (All  Varieties)  $1.75  per  1,000  ;  5,000 — $8.  Cauli¬ 
flower  (Snowball),  $4.50  per  1,000  ;  5.000 — $20.  Brussels 
Sprouts,  $2.50  per  1,000  ;  5,000 — $12.  Celery  (All  Varieties) 
$2  per  1,000;  5,000 — $12.  Cash  with  order.  Send  for  List 
of  all  Plants.  PAUL  F.  ROCHELLE,  Drawer  269,  Morristown,  N.J. 
For  Sale-Ce/ery  &  Cabbage  Plants 
G.  Self  Bleaching,  White  Plume,  Green  Winter, 
Cauliflower  and  Aster,  40c— 100:  $1—300;  $1.50—500; 
$2.75-1,000,  Cabbage,  500— ST :  1,000— $1.50.  Post 
Paid.  Catalogue  Free.  W.  S.  F0RU  &  SON.  Hartly,  Del. 
ForSale  PEONIES 
stock.  Munsell  &  Tilton,  Ashtabula,  Ohio 
$2  per  1,000-FINE  CELERY  PLANTS 
S1.75  per  1,000— FINE  LATE  CABBAGE  PLANTS 
Varieties  Celery— Golden  Self  Blanching,  Easy 
Blanching,  Giant  Pascal,  Golden  Heart,  White 
Plume,  Winter  Queen,  75c  per  100.  $1.75  per  1,000. 
100  lots  Postpaid,  both  Cabbage  and  Celery. 
WARREN  SHINN  -  Woodbury,  N.  J. 
CORTLAND  APPLE  BUDS.  100,000  from  bearing 
trees.  Every  tree  in  fruit.  Every  tree  healthy  and 
vigorous.  Inspection  invited.  WM.  HOTAUNG,  Kindsrtiook,  H.X. 
STRAWBERRY  PLANTS 
Pot  grown;  Howard  17,  $4  per  100.  Progressive 
Everbearing,  $5.  GEO.  AIKEN,  Box  M,  Putney,  Vermont 
A  DOT  r  DA  DDFV  C  First  class  quality. 
ArrLL  D/\1C1C121-i  j  ah  wood  hoops. 
J.  H.  BEAVER  -  Esopus,  New  York 
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