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75 'he  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
July  22,  1916, 
A  Back-to-the-Lander 
(Continued  from  page  101S) 
sold  $7  or  $S  worth  of  those.  They  came 
on  the  market  very  early  and  brought 
40  cents  a  quart  at  first,  later  selling  for 
30  cents.  There  seems  to  be  a  big  de¬ 
mand  for  quinces,  but  I  am  afraid  all  my 
trees  will  die  before  I  get  a  quince — 
blight  took  20  this  year.  Summer  Rose 
apples  sold  readily  at  40  cents  a  peck. 
These  apples  are  very  early,  of  high 
quality,  and  very  beautiful  in  appearance, 
though  very,  very  small.  I  believe  it 
pays  best  to  sell  the  high-grade  fruit  to 
the  fruit  stands,  but  there  is  a  quantity 
of  fruit  that  will  go  to  waste  if  not  sold 
direct  to  the  consumer.  I  believe  that 
a  good  line  of  private  customers  supple¬ 
mented  with  a  fruit-stand  trade  is  the 
solution  of  the  fruit-selling  proposition. 
The  Back-to-the-Lander's  Women  Folks 
Transportation. — The  selling  of  eggs 
is  no  longer  a  problem,  and,  by  the  way, 
1  have  been  carrying  my  eggs  to  town 
in  a  suitcase  for  years.  I  can  carry  22 
dozen  in  a  suitcase,  and  have  carried 
40  dozen  in  two,  I  can  carry  them  with 
me  on  the  train,  and  then  step  on  a 
street  car  and  go  direct  to  cold  storage, 
where  I  pack  them,  having  previously 
sent  a  supply  of  empty  crates.  This  saves 
a  lot  of  handling  and  breakage.  I  sell 
the  eggs  at  the  storage  plant  and  the 
purchaser  takes  them  out  to  suit  him¬ 
self.  1  have  a  suitcase  I  have  used  for 
10  years,  and  have  carried  certainly  700 
crates  of  eggs  to  town  in  it.  I  have 
found  that  I  can  get  eight  of  the  four- 
pound  grape  baskets  in  a  standard  peach 
crate,  without  the  partition.  This  has 
been  a  big  help  in  handling  these  small 
packages.  They  Jit  as  though  the  crate 
was  made  for  the  purpose,  and  there  is 
no  damage  through  shaking  in  transit.  I 
find  neat  packages  help  sell  fruit  and 
eggs;  besides  the  selling  can  be  done 
much  quicker  that  way.  The  labels  on 
the  package  help  advertise  and  build  up 
your  reputation.  I  try  to  give  an  hon¬ 
est  pack,  the  same  at  the  bottom  as  on 
top.  I  would  not  be  able  to  work  in  town 
and  take  care  of  the  farm  too,  were  it 
not  for  the  great  amount  of  assistance 
given  by  my  wife.  w.  D.  sydnor. 
The  Man’s  Part,  the  Woman’s  Part  on  the 
Farm 
The  help  problem  on  the  farm  has  be¬ 
come  so  acute  that  it  is  the  part  of  wis¬ 
dom  for  a  man  and  his  wife  to  settle 
some  questions  as  to  their  share  in  the 
farm  work,  and  many  a  heart  ache  on 
the  part  of  the  woman,  and  misunder¬ 
standing  on  the  man’s  side  would  be  saved 
if  this  was  thoroughly  discussed  before 
the  work  opens  for  the  Spring.  Men  are 
reasonable  if  approached  by  other  men 
cm  questions  of  business,  and  they  surely 
would  meet  discussion  half  way  with  a 
woman  they  considered  fit  for  an  equal 
partnership  for  life. 
This  is  not  a  problem  that  can  be  de¬ 
cided  by  outsiders,  but  each  home  must 
take  up  the  problem  for  themselves,  and 
take  into  consideration  the  handicaps  and 
abilities  of  each  partner  before  deciding 
what  plan  is  best.  Where  a  woman  is 
rearing  a  family  and  has  the  care  of 
little  children  she  certainly  cannot  carry 
the  financial  load  or  be  expected  to  milk 
and  help  with  outside  work ;  however,  she 
may  be  strong  and  have  a  decided  pre¬ 
ference  for  outside  work  and  if  this  is 
a  fact  let  the  neighbors  think  what  they 
please,  and  let  her  take  a  share  in  the 
out-of-door  work,  for  it  is  health-giving; 
the  children  will  be  sure  to  be  where  the 
mother  is,  and  in  this  way  the  whole  fam¬ 
ily  are  sure  to  have  enough  fresh  air  to 
keep  them  from  the  ills  that  are  Sure  to 
follow  too  much  indoor  life. 
Is  it  reasonable  for  a  man  to  expect  his 
wife  to  put  into  the  family  purse  every 
cent  she  makes  from  butter  and  eggs, 
chickens  and  garden  stuff?  That  de¬ 
pends — if  the  income  is  very  meagre  and 
the  husband  spends  nothing  for  luxuries 
on  himself  it  may  be  all  right  for  awhile, 
but  where  a  man  smokes  or  gives  himself 
occasional  treats  to  attendance  on  plays 
or  feeds  a  sweet  tooth  on  tlv?  sly  wouldn’t 
it  be  fair  for  the  wife  to  spend  an  equal 
amount  on  little  luxuries  for  herself  and 
the  children?  Nothing  would  sooner  end 
the  tobacco  habit  thau  a  law  compelling 
a  man  to  give  to  liis  wife  just  as  much 
money  as  he  spent  on  tobacco,  and  if 
he  does  not  she  surely  ought  to  have  a 
full  understanding  with  him  that  she 
would  not  turn  into  the  family  treasury 
all  she  earned  by  the  little  sales  that 
come  under  her  department. 
So  many  times  it  is  not  hard-hearted¬ 
ness  but  oversight  that  makes  the  in¬ 
equalities  in  home  life.  A  woman  often 
insists  on  some  self-denial,  and  practices 
it  until  it  becomes  a  habit,  then  pities 
herself  that  she  is  imposed  on.  A  man 
becomes  tyrannical  sometimes  just  because 
he  is  so  busy  and  overburdened  that  he 
takes  no  time  to  see  that  his  family  are 
paying  too  dear  a  price  for  the  pros¬ 
perity  they  are  supposed  to  enjoy.  When 
life  becomes  simply  a  treadmill  of  drudg¬ 
ery  for  man  or  woman  it  is  time  to  stop 
and  take  account  of  things,  and  find  some 
way  out  of -the  toils  of  the  tyrant,  work. 
Work  was  meant  to  be  a  blessing,  but 
many  good  things  become  evil  when  their 
normal  use  is  set  aside.  If  men  and 
women  would  have  frank  discussion  about 
the  problems  that  drive  many  couples  to 
the  divorce  court  the  lawyers  would  not 
get  their  fees  and  homes  would  not  be 
broken  up.  So  much  trouble  comes  from 
both  parties  being  so  overburdened  that 
neither  one  can  see  over  iris  or  her  load, 
and  they  do  not  realize  that  the  load  is 
just  as  heavy  on  the  other  one  as  on 
themselves.  A  man  with  discernment 
found  himself  growing  irritable  and  sick 
just  when  work  was  pressing  the  most 
heavily,  and  he  decided  he  would  rather 
be  a  poor  man  than  a  dead  man,  so  he 
rented  his  trucking  to  a  neighbor,  bought 
a  big  covered  wagon,  told  his  wife  they 
were  going  on  a  “prairie  schooner” 
honeymoon,  fitted  up  all  the  necessities 
for  camping  and  fishing  and  took  two 
month’s  rest.  The  end  of  the  story  is 
easy  to  guess.  He  aud  his  wife  came 
home  eager  for  work  and  restored  to 
health,  and  before  the  year  ended  they  bad 
made  up  for  the  seeming  lost  time  while 
they  were  “loafing.”  The  doctor  did  not 
profit  by  this  man's  common  sense,  the 
lawyers  had  no  share  of  the  family  funds, 
but  the  health  of  these  wise  folks  was  re¬ 
stored  and  their  home  ties  were  so  ce¬ 
mented  that  danger  of  misunderstandings 
was  reduced  to  a  minimum.  Many  could 
not  have  done  so  radical  a  thing  as  this 
and  it  might  not  always  be  wise,  but  this 
is  a  true  story  told  for  just  what  it  is 
worth. 
On  so  many  farms  the  parents  look  for¬ 
ward  to  the  day  when  the  children  can 
take  the  load  from  their  shoulders,  but 
bow  seldom  is  this  the  case.  A  family 
had  worked  with  all  their  zeal  and  be¬ 
come  independently  wealthy.  The  sons 
had  been  given  college  educations,  and 
the  daughters  were  treated  fairly.  The 
oldest  daughter  married  a  well-to-do 
farmer  and  settled  nearby,  the  oldest  sou 
married  a  class-mate  in  college  aud  Set 
up  farming  on  a  magnificent,  scale,  un¬ 
willing  to  begin  at  the  lower  round's  of 
the  ladder.  His  wife  had  no  training 
for  the  work  she  was  taken  into,  and  iu 
a  few  years  was  a  physical  wreck,  and 
her  little  children  had  to  be  cared  for  by 
the  husband's  parents  while  she  slowly 
recovered  her  strength  in  a  hospital.  The 
home  burdens  had  been  too  heavy  before, 
and  just  when  these  grandparents  need¬ 
ed  to  take  life  easier  they  were  over¬ 
whelmed  with  new  responsibilities.  Who 
was  at  fault  in  this  case?  Possibly  if 
the  parents  had  done  less  for  this  sou, 
and  taught  him  the  price  of  possession,  lie  I 
would  not  have  needed  such  a  lesson  just 
when  life  should  be  giving  him  of  its  best. 
So  little  is  said  about  the  woman’s  part 
when  farm  homes  are  broken  up.  It  is 
always  the  man  who  retires,  and  possibly 
this  is  the  fact,  for  a  woman  who  has 
never  carried  outside  burdens  makes  little 
change  in  her  mode  of  living  when  she 
moves  from  the  country  home  to  the  vil¬ 
lage,  but  if  her  joy  has  been-  in  the  cure 
of  poultry,  garden  and  flowers,  the  change 
is  even  worse  for  her  than  for  her  hus¬ 
band.  who  has  formed  acquaintances  in 
the  village  and  can  be  transplanted  easier 
than  the  wife.  It  is  a  hard  time  at  best 
and  unless  some  useful  occupation  or 
some  new  interest  conies  into  the  life  at 
such  times  it  is  often  the  beginning  of  the 
end. 
But  what  shall  be  doue  where  the 
father  of  the  family  keeps  adding  to  in¬ 
stead  of  subtracting  from  the  family 
cares  as  the  years  go  by  and  strength  be¬ 
gins  to  fail?  Many  wives  uud  daughters 
are  having  the  very  lives  Worn  out  of 
them  trying  to  carry  their  load  and  the 
load  of  hired  help  so  as  to  relieve  father, 
and  the  more  they  do  the  more  he  under¬ 
takes.  The  tragic  part  of  it  is  that  un¬ 
less  something  radical  is  done  to  relieve 
the  tension  something  is  bound  to  give 
way,  and  many  broken  households  can 
point  to  the  cause  iu  undertaking  to 
carry  loads  never  meant  for  human  be¬ 
ings.  Few  people  willingly  invite  dis¬ 
aster,  but  to  the  onlooker  it  seems  at 
times  that  they  madly  plunge  toward  self- 
detruction.  A  man  would  be  counted  un¬ 
balanced  who  would  load  his  team  beyond 
all  reason,  and  this  same  man  will  save 
liis  horseflesh  and  put  on  himself  loads 
that  are  enough  to  break  the  hacks  of 
oxen. 
We  have  just  today  to  live,  let  us  take 
it  rationally  and  have  some  enjoyment  as 
we  go.  for  we  know  not  what  a  day  or  an 
hour  may  bring  forth,  and  if  the  new  day 
comes  with  no  outlook  but  drudgery  and 
weariness,  have  a  family  conference  and 
change  your  plans  so  that  you  may  rea¬ 
sonably  expect  joy  aud  gladness  to  come 
into  your  home  and  dwell  there. 
FLORENCE  CARPENTER  BROWN. 
Good  Words 
iso  many  farmers  complain  of  hard 
times,  yet  they  seldom  go  to  town  that 
they  do  not  buy  something  that  ought  to 
have  been  raised  on  tbe  farm.  I  want  to 
express  my  thanks  too  for  the  many  help¬ 
ful  things  we  get  from  The  It.  N.-Y.,  and 
to  say  that  your  fashion  department 
grows  better  with  each  number. 
Ohio.  MRS.  JAMES  LAMPMAX. 
I  have  been  a  subscriber  to  The  R. 
N.-Y.  for  over  40  years;  have  retired 
from  the  farm,  but  have  a  large  lot  in  the 
city  suburb,  with  all  kinds  of  fruit  trees 
and  berry  plants,  also  keep  a  small  flock 
of  chickens,  and  want  The  It.  N.-Y.  as 
long  as  I  can  see  to  read. 
Pennsylvania.  CHARLES  A.  LANG. 
R.  N.-Y. — This  is  the  way  to  “retire” 
from  farming.  How  much  better  it  is 
than  to  sit  about  doing  little  or  nothing. 
We  have  no  doubt  Mr.  Lung  works  won¬ 
ders  on  that  town  lot. 
I  am  glad  to  say  I  receive  The  R. 
N.-Y.  every  week.  I  allowed  my  subscrip¬ 
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it,  but  I  soon  found  out  it  was  like  taking 
away  my  “bread  and  butter”  not  to  re¬ 
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wheat  and  other  grains,  is  the  excellence  of  the  cattle  fed  and 
fattened  on  the  grasses  of  that  country.  A  recent  shipment  of 
cattle  to  Chicago  topped  the  market  in  that  city  for  quality 
and  price. 
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as  all  of  the  United  States,  or  over  300,000,000  bushels. 
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