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TShe  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
June  10,  1916. 
BhtVStsioY'itAutg'NKrif^amY 
day’s  work.  Sometimes  he  is  represented 
with  very  few  clothes  on,  showing  a 
“.$10,000  arm”  with  a  well-developed  bi¬ 
ceps.  Then  again  he  is  represented  as 
“clothed  and  in  his  right  mind,”  reading 
a.  paper  and  evidently  engaged  in  “skull 
practice”  to  learn  how  to  interest  peo¬ 
ple  in  his  lessons.  He  always  struck  me 
as  a  very  suitable  partner  for  Susanna 
Cocroft,  the  lady  who  displays  her  won¬ 
derful  shape  in  advertisements  and  of¬ 
fers  (for  a  good  price)  to  tell  her  secret 
or  system  to  other  worsen.  I  always 
feel  that  I  would  like  to  plant  this  fine- 
looking  pair  off  on  n  lonely  and  neglect¬ 
ed  farm  without  capital,  and  have  the 
power  to  make  them  stay  there  until  they 
paid  for  it  with  their  own  labor.  That 
would  be  the  best  test  I  can  think  of  for 
a  fine  physical  and  mental  development, 
for  Mr.  Swoboda’s  wonderful  biceps 
would  come  in  handy  on  the  plow,  and 
when  he  paid  out  he  would  be  fully  con¬ 
scious  that  he  bad  become  something  of 
an  evolutionist!  Not  knowing  anything 
about  it  I  do  not  know  whether  the  great 
men  mentioned  have  been  treated  or  not. 
My  judgment  is  that  a  daily  course  of 
several  hours  on  a  bucksaw,  sharp  walk¬ 
ing  over  the  hills,  plenty  of  sleep,  less 
meat  and  more  fruit  add  vegetables 
would  have  done  them  as  much  good  as 
these  exercises.  Thus  while  I  know 
nothing  of  Mr.  Swoboda’s  treatment,  I 
doubt  if  it.  is  worth  the  price.  In  its 
place  I  suggest  some  form  of  plain  hon¬ 
est  work,  like  sawing  wood,  chopping  or 
hoeing,  with  plenty  of  plain  food  and  all 
the  sleep  you  can  get.  For  mental  and 
moral  development  I  suggest  going  out 
among  men  and  studying  how  to  use  the 
price  of  the  lessons  so  as  to  be  of  most 
service  to  humanity. 
Spraying. — This  necessary  work  has 
proved  more  annoying  and  harder  than 
ever  before.  The  almost  constant  rains 
have  made  it  hard  to  get  into  some  of  the 
orchards,  and  the  poison  is  likely  to  be 
washed  off  about  as  fast  as  it  goes  on. 
We  use  a  gallon  of  lime-sulphur  in  each 
tankful  of  poisoned  water,  and  this  helps 
the  liquid  to  stick  on,  hut  in  such  weath¬ 
er  as  we  have  had  this  year  you  never 
know  how  much  poison  is  left.  Then, 
right  in  the  heart  of  spraying,  the  en¬ 
gine  on  the  power  sprayer  gave  out.  It 
looks  like  a  case  of  pure  meanness — a 
combination  with  the  worms.  Yet  there 
was  only  one  thing  to  do — rig  on  the  old 
hand  pump  and  go  at  it.  No  one  knows 
the  true  value  of  a  power  sprayer  until 
lie  has  to  go  hack  to  hand  pumping  when 
the  engine  balks.  When  you  come  to 
lift  some  4,000  gallons  of  spray  liquid 
to  the  top  of  good-sized  apple  trees  you 
knmv  you  have  been  on  the  job.  This 
ought  to  he  a  good  place  for  Mr.  $wo- 
boda  to  demonstrate  some  of  his  theories. 
I  came  through  the  orchard  at  one  place 
to  find  Merrill  balancing  his  250  pounds 
against  the  pump  handle,  while  the  Ital¬ 
ians  were  holding  the  nozzles  high  up. 
Both  Merrill  and  I  would  have  given 
several  barrels  of  apples  to  have  seen  the 
“conscious  evolutionist”  mount  the  spray¬ 
er  and  practice  on  that  pump  handle 
Should  we  have  found  that  those  beauti¬ 
ful  arms  and  shoulders  were  simply  to 
look  at?  What  is  the  use  of  muscle  and 
nerve  if  it  he  not  used  for  some  useful 
and  productive  purpose?  As  for  spray¬ 
ing  under  our  present  conditions  Mr. 
Swoboda  and  his  pupils  would  find  it 
both  a  physical  and  a  moral  exorcise,  for 
one  must  not  only  have  beef  hut  bulldog 
philosophy  and  patience  to  keep  him  on 
the  job  this  year.  It’s  hard,  but  we  must 
stay  with  it.  The  engine  finally  quit 
sulking  and  went  to  work.  H.  w.  c. 
HOPE  FARM  NOTES 
Are  You  Prepared  ? 
I  imagine  if  you  could  see  our  roads 
you  would  be  more  thankful  than  ever 
for  your  stony  country.  There  are  no 
words  to  describe  the  holes  in  the  pikes. 
In  front  of  my  old  home  hundreds  of 
automobiles,  wagons  and  buggies  were 
stuck  in  the  mud,  and  my  father  was 
kept  busy  helping  and  lending  and  car¬ 
rying  back  the  things  people  borrowed  as 
they  got  stuck  in  the  seemingly  bottom¬ 
less  hole.  However,  the  suu  is  shining 
now,  and  things  do  not  look  so  bad — 
particularly  since  the  authorities  are 
dumping  load  after  load  of  stone  into 
that  chuck  hole  by  the  gate. 
Hardin  Co.,  O.  (mrs.)  w.  c. 
That  was  written  some,  weeks  ago,  hut 
there  has  not  been  much  sun  since  then. 
I  have  found  that  when  language  fails 
an  Ohio  citizen  the  situation  must  be 
pretty  bad.  Our  own  roads  have  been 
smooth  and  hard  all  the  season.  Here 
and  there  in  wet  places  the  ruts  worked 
into  the  mud.  hut  broken  stone  and  sand 
have  fixed  that.  Our  roads  were  solidly 
built  to  begin  with,  at  considerable  ex¬ 
pense,  and  from  January  to  January  we 
have  a  solid,  smooth  roadbed.  This  has 
proved  a  fine  investment  for  the  town, 
and  all  property  has  increased  in  value. 
I  think  New  Jersey  lends  the  nation  in 
the  quality  and  care  of  its  public  roads, 
Jorseymeu  are  obliged  to  care  for  their 
highways,  for  we  must  raise  the  crops 
which  are  rushed  quickly  to  market.  No 
use  trying  to  grow  perishable  crops  with 
chuekholes  and  mud  banks  between  pro¬ 
ducer  and  consumer.  That  may  answer 
for  grain  or  live  stock,  but  not  for  short¬ 
lived  goods. 
My  boys  have  another  argument  for  a 
stony  country  which  may  not  appeal  to 
house  owners.  They  claim  that  no  great 
ball  player  ever  came  from  a  country 
where  stones  are  rare.  It  is  the  constant 
stone  throwing  (so  the  hoys  say)  which 
develops  great  pitchers  and  catchers.  It 
may  be  so,  but  what  about  the  broken 
windows  and  the  injured  cats  and  dogs 
which  seem  to  he  a  part  of  this  baseball 
training?  Wo  have  dozens  of  reasons 
for  being  thankful  that  we  live  in  New 
Jersey.  She  is  not  only  stony-hearted 
but  kind. 
“Philosophy.” — Speaking  of  baseball 
it  is  not  all  throwing  stones,  any  more 
than  farming  is  all  plowing  or  hoeing. 
The  manager  of  a  big  club  recently  called 
his  men  together  for  what  he  called 
“skull  practice.”  To  some  people  I  know 
this  would  mean  hutting  at  the  oppo¬ 
sition  and  trying  to  hatter  it  down  with 
a  thick  skull.  This  manager,  however, 
did  not  want  any  thick  skulls  around 
him.  The  practice  was  for  what  lies  in¬ 
side  the  skull — the  brains.  I  presume  I 
know  100  families  where  a  weekly  meet¬ 
ing  for  “skull  practice”  would  add  50 
per  cent,  to  the  farm  income.  It  would 
mean  that  father,  mother,  the  older  chil¬ 
dren  and  the  hired  man  could  give  their 
views  and  help  plan  out  the  work. 
I  once  heard  a  very  good  remark  about 
a  well-known  baseball  pitcher.  It  was 
said  that  he  had  “a  $10,000  arm  hut  a 
30-eent  head.”  He  was  a  big  strong 
man  who  could  throw  a  hall  with  light¬ 
ning  speed,  but  he  had  little  or  no  judg¬ 
ment  or  knowledge  of  human  nature.  I 
know  many  farmers  with  that  same 
“$10,000  arm” — very  capable  of  doing 
the  mechanical  work  of  farming,  hut 
failing  because  they  cannot  plan  well  or 
utilize  the  labor  of  others.  Some  of  that 
family  “skull  practice”  would  pay  them. 
In  a  very  large  number  of  cases  which  I 
know  these  fine  big  men  have  small, 
quick-brained  women  for  their  wives,  and 
if  these  farmers  only  knew  it  they  could 
utilize  these  keen  brains  in  a  team  with 
their  great  strength  and  farm  knowledge. 
“Training." — The  following  is  a  sam¬ 
ple  of  many  letters  which  have  come  to 
us : 
Will  you  give  me  your  opinion  of  Alois 
P.  Swoboda.  the  “Conscious  Evolution¬ 
ist"?  No  doubt  you  have  heard  of  him 
and  his  exercises  before,  as  he  advertises 
extensively,  and  claims  to  have  treated 
some  of  the  most  eminent  persons  in  the 
country,  including  Rockefeller,  Jr.,  Ar¬ 
mour/  Cudahy,  Elbert  Hubbard  and 
President  Wilson.  1  wish  to  develop 
myself  both  physically  and  mentally  and 
intend  to  pay  him  $20  for  six  lessons  in 
l)is  exercises,  which  are  to  lie  prescribed 
personally  according  to  his  guarantee. 
Does  this  action  meet  with  your  ap¬ 
proval  ?  E.  w. 
About  all  I  know  of  this  man  is  what 
I  read  in  his  advertisements.  They  rep¬ 
resent  a  rather  tierce-looking  character 
who  surely  looks  strong  enough  to  do  a 
Have  you  prepared  your  land  to  produce  the  greatest  possible  yields  of 
wheat  and  rye?  Successful  crops  are  merely  the  result  of  taking  great 
pains  with  the  smallest  things.  The  conditions  necessary  to  insure  a  big 
grain  crop  are  well  known.  Deep  plowing,  thorough  harrowing,  careful 
seeding  and  plenty  of  available,  effective  plant  food  are  essential.  The 
difference  between  a  35-bushel  wheat  crop  and  a  20-bushel  crop  is  the 
difference  between  success  and  failure. 
The  cost  of  preparing  the  land  and  of  harvesting  the  crop  is  about  the 
same.  Usually  the  total  production  is  determined  by  the  amount  of  plant 
food  which  you  furnish.  7  his  can  best  be  supplied  by  using 
E.  Frank  Coe’s  Special  Grain  Fertilizers 
i  nese  Dranas  are  manufactured  particularly  tor  tall  grain  and  are  mixed 
weeks  in  advance  in  order  to  give  them  ample  time  to  thoroughly  cure  out. 
This  enables  us  to  deliver  them  to  our  customers  in  fine,  dry  condition. 
These  goods  are  so  formulated  that  they  will  give  your  crop  a  good  start 
in  the  fall,  thereby  insuring  a  deep  root  system  to  prevent  the  wheat  from 
heaving  out  during  the  winter.  They  also  contain  more  slowly  available  plant 
foods  to  carry  the  crop  during  the  spring  growing  season  and  thus  insure 
perfect  maturity. 
We  have  prepared  a  practical  booklet  entitled,  “Winter  Wheat  and 
Its  Culture,”  and  will  be  glad  to  send  you  a  copy  if  you  will  tell  us  how 
many  acres  of  wheat  you  expect  to  put  in  this  fall. 
The  Coe-Mortimer  Company 
Subsidiary  of  ihe  American  Agricultural  Chemical  Company 
51  Chambers  Street,  New  York  City 
Manufacturers  of 
E.  Frank  Coe  Fertilizers 
1857  The  Business  Farmers'  Standard  For  Over  55  Years  1916 
A  Rainy  Day  Job 
f  Paint  Ihe  interiors  of  your 
M  dairy,  barns,  chicken  houses,  out-  ^ 
W  buildings,  cellars,  etc.,  wall  this  ’ 
f  snow  white  disinfecting  paint  that  will 
never  craclc,  ptcl  or  fall  off.  Destroy 
disease  geims  Keep  the  buildings  bright 
and  sanitary  Put  on  with  brush  of  sprayer. 
Power  for  the  farm  is  a  big  problem. 
Some  farmers,  successful  ones,  too,  use 
oil-gas,  others  use  steam,  and  still  others 
use  the  horse  or  the  mule  and  say  that 
results  are  good  enough.  You  pay  your 
money  and  you  take  your  choice;  but 
whatever  the  choice. 
BE  SURE  THAT  YOUR  POWER-PLANT 
IS  RELIABLE 
fs  a  mineral  whito  paint,  combined  with  the  world’s 
most  powerful  Hurtuiriun.  StrOuger  than  Carbolic  acid 
vet  harmless  to  tiiuri  or  boast  Kills  lice,  mlU/9,  nits, 
etc  Powder  form — toady  when  mixed  with  water. 
Use  It  Instead  of  Whitewash 
to  pnint  Imilth  and  suinblno lutoeTrry  dark  rim'd  If 
y°"r  dealer  win  not  supply  you.  tend  ui  hi#  nnmoand 
your  order.  Whitewash  is  N<~>T  as  good  »s  Caibola. 
10  Us.  ( 10  pal  )  for  S  t  p]u»  pokiapd 
For  nothing  that  you  possess  will  pay 
you  better,  provided  that  you  keep  it 
at  work  and  that  it  will  work  according 
to  specifications. 
Some  widely  heralded  inventions  in 
gasoline  power  devices  have  done  every¬ 
thing  but  ulorli- 
Others,  less  widely  known,  do  nothing 
but  iCork.  That's  just  what  the  Nichols- 
Shepard  Oil-Gas  Tractor  has  done  and 
is  doing.  It  has  a  five-year  record  of 
work  accomplished.  It  has  no  record 
of  failure. 
So,  if  you  are  interested  In  an  explosive  engine, 
lei  u*  tell  you  about  one  that  you  won  t  have  to 
mortgage  the  farm  to  keep  going — one  that  will 
saw  in  the  winter,  plow  in  the  spring,  haul  in 
the  summer,  thresh  in  the  fall,  and  pick  up  odd 
jobs  at  any  kind  of  power  requirement  between 
whiles.  We  build  this  kind  of  »n  Oil-Gas 
Tractor  and  we  guarantee  it  to  be  &  reliable 
power  producer  that  wilt  work. 
Of  Course  It’s  a  Red  River  Special 
If  yon  have  never  had  experience  with  an  oil- 
gas  engine  it  may  help  you  to  know  what  neigh¬ 
bors  of  yours  say  about  ours.  Semi  your  name 
and  address  to  us  and  say  that  you  would  like 
a  copy  of  the  Home  Edition  Of  the  Red  River 
Special  paper  issued  for  your  vicinity.  We  will 
be  glad  to  take  the  matter  up  with  you  and 
send  a  Big  Catalog  that  covers  our  entire  line. 
Getting  Rid  of  Turtles 
What  is  the  easiest  and  best  way  to 
clean  mud  turtles  out  of  a  pond?  We  have 
a  good  one  for  ducks  if  we  can  get  the 
turtles  out  of  it.  E.  c. 
Pulaski,  N.  Y. 
We  have  only  two  suggestions  to  make. 
First,  most  of  the  turtles  may  be  captured 
by  seining,  and  secondly,  they  may  be 
caught  on  baited  hooks.  A  method  of 
setting  the  latter  so  that  they  will  always 
be  ready  for  the  turtle  is  to  attach  short 
lines  with  hooks  to  corked  empty  bottles. 
These  will  float  about  the  pond  and  from 
their  movements,  it  can  be  seen  when  a 
turtle  has  been  caught  upou  one  of  them. 
H.  W.  HENSIIAW. 
It.  N.-Y. — Can  any  of  our  readers  who 
have  had  practical  experience  give  other 
methods? 
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