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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 4, 1922 
Things To Think About 
The object of this department is to give readers a chance to express themselves on farm 
matters. Not long articles can be used—just short, pointed opinions or suggestions. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER does not always endorse what is printed here. You might 
call this a mental safety valve. 
A Rural Letter Carrier Takes Exception- 
On page 14 your make a statement 
that I. as a rural carrier, take exception 
to. 1 feel that it does the Postofficc De¬ 
partment, as well us rural carriers, 
an injustice to say that the rule requir¬ 
ing rural mail boxes to be on the right- 
hand side of the road as the carrier trav¬ 
els. was made to make it easier fop the 
carrier. The rule was made to make it 
safer for the .carrier, not easier. Neces¬ 
sarily. and it' yon were a rural carrier, 
at least iu this section, where auto tavel 
is very heavy, particularly in the tourist 
season, you would very soon see the neces¬ 
sity of it. A rural carrier has no more 
right <o be driving on the left side of the 
road than anyone else, and zigzagging 
across the road in front of automobiles 
as they travel nowadays is very hazardous. 
If nti accident resulted from a carrier 
violating the road laws he would not 
only be liable for damages, but would be 
deprived of compensation which he would 
otherwise receive if injured while on duty. 
The 1 rule was not enforced at this office 
until several of the carriers had narrow 
escapes from serious accidents while driv¬ 
ing to boxes located on the left side of 
road. We did not like the idea of serving 
so many boxes to niir right when our ears 
were left-hand drive, and we knew, of 
course, that some patrons would object 
to moving their boxes. 
The Postofficc Department does not 
run the rural delivery service to make 
tiiee. pleasant jobs for the carriers by any 
means, and the rules are not made with¬ 
out considering interests of patrons before 
convenience >>f (lie carriers. At least, 
this lias been my observation during more 
than 1,4 years’ service. I like to have 
the good-will of my patrons, and I ant 
sure other carriers do also, and not have 
them feel that he and the department are 
in league against them when they ar 
asked to place their mail boxes on the right 
side of the road. 
I also wish to say that if I ever save 
enough to buy a farm for myself, the first 
farm paper I subscribe to will be The 
I t. N.-Y. Your "Publisher's Desk" alone 
is worth the price of admission. 
Michigan. WALTER ratjgh. 
farming? I know where he can buy a 
good improved farm cheap. Actions 
speak. I ask him, do more men quit 
training-running to farm, or the other 
way? I know of a man kicked by a 
shovel plow and killed. The "poor fel- 
luws" on the head end that I know like 
the work. I havp a cousin, a fireman, who 
said to me: "It tires me more to ride in 
a conch over a division than it does to 
fire the engine,’’ Do the engiuo men ever 
think of the poor fanners hack in the 
conches with nothing to interest them? 
He might try a freight run if those lives 
worry him more than his own. 
West Virginia. o, Meredith. 
Husband's Share of Wife’s Estate 
Where the wife owns property and dies 
without making will, and leaves children, 
what, share of the property can the hus¬ 
band hold under the laws of Pennsyl¬ 
vania? If he marries again can he hold 
a life interest or more? j. m. 
If the wife leaves a husband and one 
child only or shall leave no children but 
the descendants of oue child, the husband 
shall be entitled to one-half part of the 
real and personal estate. If she leaves a 
husband and more than one child the 
husband will be entitled to one-third part 
of the real and personal estate. n. t. 
F.S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY 
CONTENTS 
Lynchburg. Va. 
Washington, N. C. 
Atlanta, Ga. 
Montgomery, Ala. 
Toledo, Ohio 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, FEB. 4, 1922 
FARM TOPICS 
New Jersey Farmers' Week.134, 138 
Concrete Root Cellar... 138 
Cutting Out Elders and Alders. 138 
Weed Laws In New Jersey. 143 
F(utility Value of Manure. 143 
Hope Farm Notes . 148 
Growing Garlic iu Ohio... 148 
Handling: Horseradish . 149 
The Agricultural Conference at Washington. 151 
Meeting of the New York State Agricultural 
Society . 151 
The "Two Blades of G-ass" Theory. 151 
Farm News by "Wireless". 151 
Richmond, Va. 
Charlotte, N. C. 
Spartanburg, S. C, 
Columbus, Ga 
Baltimore, Md. 
Norfolk, Va. 
Tarboro, N. C. 
Columbia, S. C. 
Macon, Ga. 
Birmingham, Ala 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
The Dairy Situation in the Corn Belt 
Gluten snd Cottonseed for Pigs. 
Feed for Calf.. 
Trouble with Cow. 
Wintering Horses . 
Feeding 25 Holsteins. 
Feed for Cows and Horses. 
One Idea of Pasteurized Milk.. 
Building an Underground Silo. 
Silage for Horses. 
Feeding Guernsey Cows. 
Dysentery . 
Blood in Milk. 
Dog Fleas . 
Garget .. 
Dairymen's League Report. 
Breeding Silver-black Foxes. 
Hunting a Bee Tree. 
The Invalid's Canary. 
Animal Friends . 
Publisher’s Desk .. 
THE HENYARD 
The Champion, Hen’s Egg. 
Methods of Brooding Chicks. 
Is Ecg Production Voluntary?. 
Trouble with Oat Sprouts. 
Tables* Rooster . 
Cure for Chicken Cholera.. 
The Turk-hen Fowl... 
Swelling on Eye ., . 
Incubating and Brooding. 
Outsiders in the Grange 
How can a banker's wife join th* 
Grange, and why should she not be black¬ 
balled? Yet one took the seventh de¬ 
gree at the National Grange at Boston. 
What business l as a commission mer¬ 
chant in the Grange, a farmer's organize 
tion? Are you farmers in the Past pro¬ 
gressive? Answer tne that. Who buys 
your produce, or do you market it your¬ 
self direct to the consumer? With whom 
do you divide up your profits, or is any 
profit left after the commission man is 
through with your product? 
MRS. L. BEEMAN. 
Washington. 
We will leave these questions with 
Grange leaders to answer. All classes 
of people are evidently permitted to join 
the organization, the design being to 
bring them together for a better under¬ 
standing. 
Small grain yields 
greatly increased by 
the use of Sheep's 
Head Pulverized X 
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increased yield over l 
barn manure on worn V 
outland, " Dropped with X 
fertiliser attachment. \ 
Rich in nitrogen, phos¬ 
phoric acid ami potash— 
also adds humus. For all field 
Wonderful results on garden, t 
small fruits, etc. Sheep's Head 
fret from germs and weed seeds 
into sacks for easy handling. W 
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Taking Children to Board 
fOn page 1498 <>£ last, year a farmer’s 
wife in Erie County. X, Y„ wrote of tak¬ 
ing children to board. There have been 
many letters from readers asking how 
such little boarders may be obtained. T\ e 
have asked the woman who wrote tin- 
original article to tell us about it, and 
she has sent the following:] 
I applied at the County Charity Asso¬ 
ciation, receiving a blank to fill, also the 
names of neighbors were asked tnr_refer¬ 
ences. The agent, in charge of this dis 
I riot then came to see me personally. 
After a few weeks they brought out a 
little girl, the age nearest to which 1 de¬ 
sired. After I received the first child, 
I had no trouble getting the other two. 
as one only has to let the association 
know that she wants more. The agent in 
fhis district has 138 children iu her 
HORTICULTURE 
Handling Fruit Trees Damaged by Ice Storm 133 
Greenhouse White Fly. 133 
Death of Trees. 135 
Garden Tools and Their Uses. 135 
Notes from a Maryland Garden. 142 
Cherries for Western New York. 142 
French Endive .. 142 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 152 
The Art of Making Candy. 152 
Hulled Com or Lye Hominy.152, 153 
The Rural Patterns..,. 152 
Methods with Popcorn.... 153 
Homemade Linoleum . 153 
A Kitchen Blackboard . 153 
Making An Old-fasUioned Comforter. 153 
MISCELLANEOUS 
New York Maple Producers Plan to Co¬ 
operate—Part II . . ....131, 132 
Changing a Right of Way. 132 
Removing Paint from Canoe. 136 
Bluing Gun Barrel. .... 136 
A Glimpse of Winter. 136 
Making Wood Acid. 136 
Renewing Brass Lacquer. 136 
Waterproofing Shoes ... 136 
Potassium Bichromate in Gasoline. 136 
Resilvering Mirror . 136 
Discolored Cistern Water... 136 
A Friend of the Cat. 139 
No Use for a Cat. 139 
Do Birds Destroy Vermin?. 139 
Sea Water for Fish Ice. 139 
Rigging a Small Boat... 140 
Whal About Gliss-hottorned Boats. 140 
Goldfinch and Strawberry Finch. 140 
Old Burial Grounds as Parks. 143 
Justice*’ Fee* . 145 
Contract Bnln of Mortgaged Property. 145 
Breach of Contract.. .. . ■■ }45 
Validity of Quit-claim and Warranty Deeds 145 
Events of the Week. 146 
Purifying a Cistern .. *46 
State Sanitariums .. J’7 
City and Country Health. 147 
Sassafras Tea to Reduce Flesh. 147 
Cesspool Near Well. 14 1 
Notes from a Harness-maker . 149 
A Plan Tor Economizing Hoat. 149 
Editorials . . •••••♦ l»2 
Questions About Foods in Kidney Troubles.. 158 
Science and Warm Fe«t. . 158 
Chilblains: Poisoning Mice. J58 
Building Log Dam. 
Dynamo Run by Kerosene. lo2 
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The county pays all bills incurred by 
tln» people boarding their children, includ¬ 
ing doctors’ bills, school supplies, hair¬ 
cuts, etc. All that is necessary is to send 
your receipted bill in. there is Quite fl 
responsibility in connection with taking 
these children, as oue cannot be slack in 
discipline at any time. The youngsters 
soon learn that they have tn mind, and 
then most of the trouble ends. 
One lady wrote to me yesterday, hav¬ 
ing received my name from the editor. 
She wished to have three or four children 
placed in her home, I certainly was 
glad to hear that there had been so many 
inquiries since iny letter was published. 
I am sure each one who cares to write to 
her county association may get children. 
There is also a Children’s Aid Society in 
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who are looking for homes. M, B. 
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Tn department “Things to Think 
About.” page 10. Arthur Cipperly says 
he has both farmed and run trains. I 
wonder how he would like to go back to 
