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THIS  RURAU  NEW -VO'RKER 
January  1,  1910. 
HOPE  FARM  NOTES 
Uplift. — Wc  all  fall  into  the  habit  of 
starting  Iho  new  year  with  large  things 
and  new  resolutions.  So  we  may  as  well 
take  up  the  following  as  perhaps  the 
largest  thing  now  in  sight  for  farmers. 
Here  is  a  letter  from  a  \nw  York  reader: 
IIow  best  can  I  refute  the  statement  of 
onr  country  church  minister  who  pro¬ 
claims  from  the  pulpit  that  "the  great 
need  of  the  hour,”  "the  greatest  good  to 
the  greatest  number"  would  be  secured 
if  there  were  produced  on  the  farms  of 
the  United  States  just  double  the  quan¬ 
tity  of  all  food  stuffs  that  is  now  pro¬ 
duced. 
I  have  from  memory  used  the  informa¬ 
tion  I  have  gathered  from  The  R.  N.-Y. 
to  break  in  on  his  line  of  argument,  but 
he  seems  to  demand  more  reliable  data 
than  I  am  able  to  give  him.  lie  says 
that  I  am  prejudiced,  that  I  should  love 
my  fellow  man  to  the  extent  of  raising 
crops  at  a  loss  rather  than  see  the  hungry 
about  us  unable  to  buy  because  they  can¬ 
not  pay  the  price.  I  had  dealings  with  a 
neighbor  a  few  years  ago  -who  refused  to 
let  me  run  a  tile  drain  across  his  prop¬ 
erty  in  order  that  I  might  have  an  out¬ 
let  for  my  own  drains.  I  excused  this 
man  s  refusal  to  let  me  drain  a  few  acres, 
f"r  him.  on  the  ground  that  his  mentality 
was  to  be  taken  into  account,  but  when 
a  graduate  of  Auburn  Theological  Semi¬ 
nary  with  a  life  consecrated  to  the  uplift 
of  humanity,  goes  out  and  takes  a  coun¬ 
try  church  composed  of  farmers  and 
preaches  such  a  doetrine,  I  call  for  help 
New  York.  E.  I.  c. 
Now,  of  course,  I  kno\v  that  many  such 
questions  contain  dynamite.  Yet  in  these 
days  explosives  must  be  handled.  Some¬ 
times  people  not  in  the  church  bring  up 
such  things  to  embarrass  the  pastor,  with 
the  real  intention  of  discrediting  the 
church.  I  would  not  countenance  any 
such  motive,  but  I  will  assume  in  this 
case  that  we  have  an  honest  desire  to  set 
this  young  minister  right,  so  that  he  may 
he  more  useful  to  his  flock. 
Wrong  Teaching. — If  he  preaches 
what  our  friend  states,  and  goes  no  fur¬ 
ther,  this  minister  is  wrong,  and  is  not 
giving  his  people  what  they  need.  It  is 
doubtful,  however,  if  you  cau  change  him 
or  his  views  unless  he  is  naturally  a 
strong  and  original  character.  The 
"mentality”  developed  at  most  of  the  en- 
filled  up  with  this  “two  blades  of  grass” 
doctrine  (until  it  runs  out  of  their  mouth 
like  words  from  a  parrot)  and  then  sent 
out  to  preach  and  teach  farmers!  Our 
farms  now  produce  more  food  than  the 
people  need.  A  good  share  of  it  is 
wasted  because  the  cost  of  delivering  it  to 
the  consumer  is  so  great  that  shipping 
does  not  pay.  Instead  of  urging  farmers 
to  produce  two  blades  of  grass  your  min¬ 
ister  ought  to  be  working  to  secure  a  fair 
price  for  the  one  blade. 
Proof. — I  could  fill  columns  with  fig¬ 
ures  to  prove  this,  but  I  think  your  min¬ 
ister  needs  a  demonstration  nearer  home. 
Tell  him  first  that  food  is  not  the  only 
necessity  of  the  people.  Those  who  listen 
to  bis  preaching  need  shoos,  hats,  cloth¬ 
ing,  rubber  boots  and  dozens  of  other 
things — ns  necessary  as  flour,  meat,  eggs 
or  fruit.  Therefore,  challenge  the  minis¬ 
ter  to  be  fair  and  not  preach  "class  legis¬ 
lation.”  If  the  farmers  are  to  double 
their  crops,  tell  him  to  preach  the  same 
doctrine  to  manufacturers,  railroads,  and 
all  others  who  serve  the  public.  Let  us 
have  twTo  pairs  of  rubber  boots  whore  one 
grew  before,  two  bats,  two  coats,  and  two 
apple  barrels.  Let  the  railroads  double¬ 
track  all  lines  and  double  the  number  of 
cars  and  engines.  By  all  means  double 
the  telegraph  and  telephone  lines.  Let 
the  merchants  all  double  their  stock — be¬ 
yond  local  ueeds.  When  the  manufac¬ 
turers  and  transportation  men  protest 
against  this  let  our  ministerial  friend  tell 
them  that  they  should  love  their  follow- 
men  and  be  willing  to  suffer  loss  in  order 
that  all  may  have  cheap  necessities.  It 
is  a  100  to  1  chance  that  he  never  wruuld 
do  that,  but  if  he  will  not  ask  him  why 
the  farmer  should  be  expected  to  love  his 
fellow  man  to  the  limit  of  two  blades  of 
grass,  while  these  other  interests  may 
“do”  him  under  the  limitations  of  a  short 
one  blade-  They  never  gave  him  that  at 
college,  and  I  would  like  to  know  what 
answer  he  makes. 
The  Short  Dollar, — Tell  him  most  of 
his  own  people  are  receiving  a  35-eeht 
dollar,  or,  if  not  they  are  among  the 
elect  or  favored  few.  Don’t  quote  him 
figures  or  what  someone  says,  but  ehal- 
or  carrying  the  surplus  product.  I  know 
all  about  the  “heresy”  of  this,  for  I  have 
often  been  called  “unchristian”  for  stat¬ 
ing  such  things.  I  can  stand  that  very 
well  when  I  know  that  thus  far  no  one 
has  ever  been  able  to  disprove  the  follow¬ 
ing  facts : 
1.  As  an  average  of  the  country’s  farm 
business  the  farmer  receives  a  35-cent  dol¬ 
lar — that  is  35  cents  of  the  dollar  which 
the  final  consumer  pays. 
2.  The  present  system  of  distribution 
and  sale  is  so  costly,  cumbersome  and 
complicated  that  it  is  little  short  of  rob¬ 
bery  of  both  producer  and  consumer. 
3.  Just  as  soon  as  the  farmer  is  con¬ 
vinced  that  the  price  paid  him  is  fair  he 
will  increase  his  crops  with  his  present 
equipment — without  further  advice, 
4.  It  is  the  duty  of  all  who  appeal  to 
the  imagination  or  spiritual  side  of  farm¬ 
ers  to  get  away  from  the  old  perfunctory, 
cautious,  dead  advice  about  their  work 
and  induce  them  to  do  some  real  think¬ 
ing! 
Why  not  ask  your  minister  to  take 
each  one  of  these  propositions  as  a  text 
and  disprove  them  one  by  one — after 
learning  what  part  of  the  consumer’s  dol¬ 
lar  comes  back  within  10  miles  of  his 
church  and  how  many  there  are  suffering 
because  the  price  of  necessities  is  too 
high?  H.  w.  c. 
Cover  Crop  After  Oats 
I  wish  to  grow  a  cover  crop  after  har¬ 
vesting  oats  for  grain.  Would  it  be  prac¬ 
ticable  to  sow  Cow-horn  turnips  xvith  the 
oats  in  the  Spring?  Would  the  turnips 
interfere  with  the  grain  crop?  Could  you 
suggest  anything  better  to  sow  with  the 
oats,  as  I  shall  not  be  able  to  refit  the 
land  after  the  crop  has  been  harvested? 
The  soil  is  a  rather  heavy  loam  ;  sod  land 
plowed  this  Fall.  T.  M.  J. 
Albany,  N.  Y. 
We  should  sow  some  Dwarf  Essex  rape 
in  preference  to  the  Cowhorn  turnips.  The 
rape  is  “a  turnip  gone  to  top.”  It  will 
make  a  good  growth  after  the  oats  have 
been  harvested — greater  than  the  turnips 
would  do.  I  n  our  own  case  we  should 
add  about  three  pounds  per  acre  nf  Alsiko 
clover.  It  pays  to  seed  this  clover  with 
any  cover  crop  where  it  can  have  four 
months  or  more  of  growing  season.  We 
assume  this  crop  is  to  be  plowed  under  as 
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