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American Agriculturist, July 21,1923 
“The Wisest Farmer I Ever Knew” 
(Continued from page 39) 
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CHICKS—S. C. Buff White and Brown Leg¬ 
horns, $9—100 ; Barred Rocks, $10—100 ; W. 
Rocks, $12—100; Reds, $11—100 ; Mixed 
light breeds, $8—100 ; Mixed heavy breeds, 
$9—100. All Number One chicks. Circular 
free. JACOB NIEMOND, Box A, McAlister- 
ville, Pa. 
MARCH AND APRIL Hatched Pullets from 
two hundred-egg record stock “Leghorns,” 
“Anconas,” “Barred Rocks,” “Rhode Island 
Reds,” from $1.25 up. Free circular. GLEN 
ROCK NURSERY AND STOCK FARM, Ridge¬ 
wood, N. J. 
THIRTY-FIVE One- and Two-Year Old White 
Leghorn Hens—12 Anconas, A-l stock, $1.25 
each. One 500-chick new coal-burning hover, 
$12; SUNNY VIEW FARM, Troupsburg, N. Y. 
BARRON WHITE LEGHORNS — 303-egg 
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livery pullets, hens. Not a hatchery. MAPLE 
ACRES FARM, Tiffin, Ohio. 
S. C. ANCONA COCK BIRD—Price $7.50. 
Wonderful shape ; used as breeder. F. DEIFER, 
419 Oak Street, Allentown, Pa. 
CHICKS—White Leghorn “Barron” strain, 
$8—100 ; Reds, $10. EMPIRE HATCHERY, 
Seward, N. Y. 
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$1.25 per t,000. Parcel post, 5 cents per 100 
extra. Cauliflower plants, early Snowball— 
strong, $3 per 1.000. Send for list. J. C. 
SCHMIDT, Bristol, Pa. 
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Plants, $2.50 per 1,000. Over 5,000 at $2 per 
1,000. Special prices on large orders. Early 
Snowball Cauliflower plants, $3.50 per 1,000 
straight. WELLS M. DODDS, North Rose, 
N. Y. 
PLiN^—Celery, $2.50 per 1,000; $11.25 
per 5,000 ; Cabbage, $2.50 per 1,000 ; $10 per 
5,000. Strong selected plants. WM. P. 
YEAGLE, Bristol, Pa. 
THREE FOXGLOVE ROOTS—1 Spirae and 
3 Ferns for $1.00 postpaid. All hardy. E. 
RANKIN, 11th Street, Astoria, Ore. 
DOGS AND PET STOCK 
FARM DOG—English Shepherds ; pups and 
drivers. Natural instinct to handle cattle. 
Credit given if requested. Nine litters ready 
now. W. W. NORTON, Ogdensburg, N. Y. 
LOOK 1 — Rub your eyes and read again ! 
English and Welsh Shepherd Pups at reduced 
price for short time. GEO. BOORMAN, 
Marathop, N. Y. 
HOUNDS— y 4 English Bloodhound, y 4 Wil¬ 
liams Foxhound, y 2 Coon and Skunk-hunting 
Shepherd, six months old, farm-raised; $8— 
$15, 22 inches high. HENRY LIPP, Long 
E^dv, N. Y. 
FLEMISH GIANT RABBITS—The big kind, 
young and mature stock, fully pedigreed and 
l ealthy. Write wants. T. A. WIL90N, 
Marion, N. Y. 
COLLIE PUPPIES—All ages, bred bitches. 
PAINE’S KENNELS, South Royalton, Vt. 
AGENTS WANTED 
AGENTS WANTED—Agents make a dol¬ 
lar an hour. Sell Mendets, a patent parch 
lor instant mending leaks in all utensils. 
Sample package free. COLLETTE MFG. .00. 
Dept. 210, Amsterdam, N. Y. 
REAL ESTATE * 
MODERN POULTRY AND DAIRY FARM — 
70 acres, 45 tillable, nearly all level, located in 
beautiful Berkshire hills, % mile to village, 
large lawns, great maple shade trees, modern 11- 
room house, electric lights, bath, hot and cold 
running water, steam heat. Main barn electric 
lighted — running water, silo. Hay barn, 
granary, garage, ice-house, corn house, poultry 
houses for 1,500 fowls ; 1,200-egg Candee in¬ 
cubator, Candee brooders for 1,000 chicks; 6 
large colony houses. All kinds fruit and ber¬ 
ries, 2 cows, young horse, 350 chickens, equip¬ 
ment and quantity of furniture included. Must 
be sold at once. Price, $13,000 ; terms. Fur¬ 
ther particulars, E. BRIZZIE, Chatham, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—131-acre New York dairy farm, 
high cultivation ; near churches, stores, school ; 
good buildings, silo, outbuildings, running 
water in house, barn, milkhouse ; Federal-tested 
dairy, or without. BOX 306, American Agri¬ 
culturist, 461 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 
SWINE 
PIGS FOR SALE—365 Chester and York¬ 
shire cross and Berkshire and Chester cross, 
8 weeks old, $5 each. Ready for shipment by 
July 1st. Bred from large type of sows and 
boars. Pigs that are worthwhile feeding. Also 
60 of a very select lot of Chester and York¬ 
shire cross, 10 weeks old; these are little 
beauties, at $6 each. Will ship any num¬ 
ber of either lot C. O. D. for your approval. 
A.BERJONA FARM, Box 83, Woburn, Mass. 
PIGS FOR SALE — 75 Chester and York¬ 
shire cross and Berkshire and Chester cross, 
barrows, boars and sows. This is an extra 
fine lot of pigs, bred from large stock ; pigs, 
7 to 8 weeks old, $5 each ; and 9 weeks old, 
$6.50 each. Also a very select lot of fierk- 
shire and Yorkshire cross, 10 weeks old, at 
$7 each. Will ship any amount of the above 
lots C. O. D. on approval. A. M. LUX, 206 
Washington Street, Woburn, Mass. 
REGISTERED DUROC WEANED PIGS— 
$10, either sex, including papers, crating, de¬ 
livering. Quick-growing husky rascals. CHAS. 
MEARSON, Weedsport, N. Y. 
PEDIGREED O. I. C. PIGS — $15 pair. 
Registered-bred sows cheap. Collie pups. EL 
BRITON FARM, Route 1. Hudson, N. Y. 
CATTLE 
WANTED — Registered Holstein heifer under 
2 years, from record dam; also from TB 
tested herd. Send description to FLOYD A. 
MOOTZ, North Branch, N. Y. 
REGISTERED AYRSHIRES—We have priced 
for immediate sale, six well-bred 2-vear old 
heifers. ARDEN HILL FARMS, Alfred Sta¬ 
tion, N. Y. 
BEES 
WILLOWDELL 3-BAND Italian Queens, by 
return mail. They get results; one, $1.15; 
6 for $6 ; 12 for $10. H. S. OSTRANDER, 
Mellenville, N. Y. 
HONEY—New Crop Clover, 5 lbs. $1.10; 10 
lbs. $2. Buckwheat, $1 and $1.75. M. E. 
BALLARD, Roxbury, N. Y. 
FEMALE HELP WANTED 
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girl or middle-aged woman fond of children, 
for general housework in family of three; 
good home and pleasant surroundings, in town 
within commuting distance of New York. 
MRS. E. F. SPITZ, 56 Park Ave., Suffern, N. Y. 
WANTED WOMEN, GIRLS—Learn gown¬ 
making at home ; $35.00 week. Sample lessons 
free. FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, Dept. A542, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
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258 St. Louis, Mo., immediately. 
course in agriculture was a member 
of that class. So far as he knows he 
is the only survivor of the class'. That 
class was in operation from early in 
February to near the end of June— 
somewhat less than five months. Brief 
as was our relationship as teacher and 
pupil I still look upon that experience 
as the most vital event of my college 
course and one of the most important 
in my life. 
My memory does not retain very 
much regarding the details of the in¬ 
struction received from Professor 
Roberts during those last five months 
of my college course, nor am I able to 
satisfactorily explain the benefits that 
I feel sure I received from his in¬ 
struction. I was a real farm boy, in¬ 
structed somewhat in sciences having 
a bearing on agriculture; he was a 
real “dirt farmer,” but he was much 
more than that. He was a philosopher 
whose mind grasped the agricultural 
significance of the teachings of science 
the most readily and rapidly of any 
man I ever knew. In a small class 
there is opportunity for close personal 
contacts—many questions and answers. 
One of the first and strongest im¬ 
pressions that Professor Roberts made 
upon me in those early days was, that 
he “jumped at his conclusions.” He 
did not seem to pause to consider the 
questions put to him. I soon came to 
realize, however, that though he might 
jump at conclusions he was a remark¬ 
ably straight jumper. He could size 
up a new proposition and fix on the 
significant features of it almost in¬ 
stantly. Considering that he had not 
been favored with extended school op¬ 
portunities, he had a wonderful fund 
of practical knowledge and a store of 
scientific facts which must have been 
acquired from his general readings. 
His native common sense enabled him 
to use this knowledge most efficiently. 
Much of the information I had ac¬ 
quired during my college course was 
held as a lot of unrelated facts, and 
their bearing on practical agriculture 
was not clearly discerned. While I 
did not understand it at the time, it 
now seems to me that Professor 
Roberts’ way of looking at things 
seems to have enabled me to connect 
up the facts and discover their prac¬ 
tical bearings as I had not been able 
to do. It was not the new information 
acquired during those four or five 
months that made my contact with 
Professor Roberts so vital to me as 
much as the insight that he gave me 
as to how to use the information I 
had already acquired. I believe it is 
this quality of Professor Roberts’ teach¬ 
ing that accounts for much of his 
unusual success as an instructor of 
students. 
It is generally stated that the Short 
Course in Agriculture at Cornell be- 
SITUATIONS WANTED 
WANTED—Place to work on small farm by 
the month. W. B. GROVER, Conewango 
Valley, N. Y. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
ESTEEMED PATRON—It will pay you to 
send 50 cents and get the household necessity, 
a waterproof folding shopping bag, size 12 by 
18 inches. Money refunded if not proven sat¬ 
isfactory. Agents wanted. Address, O. F. 
ECKELS, P. O. Box 323, New Haven, Conn. 
ALL-WOOL HAND AND MACHINE Knitting 
Yarns for sale. We are also doing custom- 
work at the same old prices. Write for sam¬ 
ples and particulars. H. A. BARTLETT, 
Harmony, Maine. 
KODAK FINISHING—Trial offer. Any size 
film developed for 5 cents. Prints, 3 cents 
each. Over-night service. Expert work 
YOUNG PHOTO SERVICE, 40 R Bertha St., 
Albany, N. Y. 
EAT APPLE PIE ALL SUMMER—Wayne 
County Evaporated Apples. Best in the world. 
Stock for 12 pies, $1.00 postpaid. Good till 
used. ALVAH H. PULVER, Sodus, N. Y. 
LATEST STYLE SANITARY MILK TICK¬ 
ETS save money and tim». Free delivery. 
Send for samples. TRAVERS BROTHERS, 
Dept. A, Gardner, Mass, 
TWENTY TONS HARDWOOD ASHES de¬ 
livered your railway station, $400. GEORGE 
STEVENS, Peterborough, Ontario. 
EXTENSION LADDERS—27c foot; three- 
leg fruit ladders, 30c foot. Freight paid. A. 
L.' FERRIS, Interlaken, N. Y. 
FERRETS—Prices free. Book on Ferrets, 
10 cents. Muzzles, 25 cents. BERT EWELL, 
Wellington, Ohio. ' 
gan in 1893-94, but I am of the opinion 
it began in February, 1874, with the 
work of Professor Roberts. 
During the twenty-three years that 
I was farming in Pennsylvania he 
visited me at the farm four or five 
times and I found those visits ex¬ 
ceedingly helpful. It was at his in¬ 
vitation that I came to Cornell in 1897 
to take part in the extension work that 
was then being inaugurated on a more 
extended scale. For six years, 1897- 
1903, I was closely associated vith 
him in the extension work, of which 
he was director. My duties as an ex¬ 
tension worker brought me into close 
touch with many farmers throughout 
the State. In his autobiography Pro¬ 
fessor Roberts speaks of the attitude 
of the farmers of the State towards 
the college and experiment station and 
towards himself. It ranged all the 
way from mildly favorable to indiffer¬ 
ence and active hostility. When I be¬ 
gan my work among New York farm¬ 
ers, I found that most of the hostility 
to the agricultural work of Cornell had 
disappeared and many were enthusias¬ 
tically favorable. I found more op¬ 
portunities to defend the experiment 
station at Geneva against criticism 
than I did Cornell. I am sure that 
Professor Roberts’ touch with the 
farmers during previous years had 
been most effective in removing mis¬ 
understanding between farmers and 
the agricultural institutions and with¬ 
out doubt he did more to “bridge the 
chasm” between the farmers and the 
scientific men than any other person. 
The significance and appraisal of 
his work at Cornell for the agriculture 
of the State and the nation I will leave 
for other and abler hands, but during 
all the years I have been permitted 1 1 
associate with him I have found him 
a helpful advisor, a sympathizing 
friend in sorrow and an understand¬ 
ing and appreciative administrator. 
New York Hay and Cabbage Prospects 
(Continued from page 40) 
than we can get out of timothy hay 
that gets nearly ripe before it is cut. 
Our farmers are dreadfully short of 
help, but they are wonderfully resource¬ 
ful and I’ll risk them in this or any 
emergency rather than the financier I 
was just reading about who would scrap 
the Interstate Commerce Commission. 
Cabbage Acreage Will be Lower 
At a local vegetable growers’ meeting 
just held one thing was apparent. These 
men are going to grow less cabbage 
this year than has been the custom. 
The State report indicates a reduction 
in the crop of five per cent from last 
year. In this group the indicated re¬ 
duction was very much more. I am 
not sure how it may be throughout the 
State when the acreage is finally de¬ 
termined, but I look for a much smaller 
acreage than the early reports indicated. 
The reason for the reduction is largely 
lack of help, but the reported large 
acreage and the low prices of last year 
are important factors. These men even 
indicate that they will not in the 
future grow cabbage as they once did. 
One can readily discount this state¬ 
ment, but it indicates the present feel¬ 
ing. 
Cabbage has been nearly our only 
cash crop for a while, although pota¬ 
toes are grown to some extent. Pota¬ 
toes have not been raised as much for 
a few years and the plantings wid be 
light this year. Low prices are like 1 v 
to destroy almost any industry if ern- 
tinued, especially when labor is hard to 
get. Even the dairy cows are some¬ 
what fewer in number, but cows are 
being kept more nearly up to the aver¬ 
age. Cows seem to be somewhat in de¬ 
mand. A given amount of work on the 
dairy herd seems to return better re¬ 
sults than almost anything else. We 
all know that milk is much too low, 
but dairymen are pinching along and 
getting something out of it in one way 
or another. The dairy is the standbv I 
am not looking for cabbage to be dis¬ 
carded, but here there will be less of it 
until prices or labor, or both are bette’” 
adjusted. It rather locks to me that if 
the work can be done, one may as well 
grow as many this year as can be fed 
to the cows. There may be a chance 
to sell some. 
