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Things To Think About 
The object of thu department is to give readers a chance to express themselvei on farm 
matters. Not loop 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. 
Spelling 
I was especially interested in the Hope 
Farm man's remarks on oral and written 
spelling. There is a reason not often 
spoken of why some who spell correctly 
orally are poor in written spelling. IVn- 
ple spell by sight who are mechanically 
dominant, while those who are musically 
predominant spell hotter orally. I am 
sure I would never catch an error in oral 
spelling, but I often detect one in written 
work. Some spell by ear and some spell 
by eye. lie who has neither mechanical 
nor musical ability will always be a poor 
speller, albeit he may have a very an¬ 
alytical mind, and, indeed, be a most pru¬ 
dent adviser or manager. 
T. H. HOPKINS. 
This is a new idea, and we think there 
is “something in it.” Nine out of 10 peo¬ 
ple have little practical use for spelling 
except in writing or reading. We think, 
therefore, that most of the school drill in 
spelling should be in writing letters or 
essays. 
and the song from my lips, and sent me 
to a hospital November 2. I lived more 
years of my life in the five months I was 
in the army hospitals (I was iu eight) 
than I expect to live here, where I wish 
to stay uutil I am called beyond. Let no 
man try to compare his labor with ser¬ 
vice at the front. 
Now for the manner in which soldiers 
have spent and may he expected to spend 
their bonus or compensation (make your 
own choice of words). Because of my 
movements at the front and from hos¬ 
pital to hospital I received no pay from 
June 11)18, until February, 1019, when I 
got $11. So when I reached the debarka¬ 
tion hospital in New York I received my 
hack pay. totaling $190. As I had en¬ 
listed in Seattle, Wash., and thrown away 
my civilian belongings there. I had to buy 
complete new clothes when I returned to 
m,v home, from which I had been away 
seven years. I was allowed to be at 
home every night for three months, but 
required to report for examination daily. 
In May, 11)19, I was discharged from 
Camp Devens, and received my pay and 
cash traveling expenses back to point of 
enlistment; that totaled $270. My brother, 
who had been in the navy, received his 
pay regularly, and aside from having $15 
deducted monthly for my mother, spent 
his remaining pay. I forgot to mention 
that out of my pay from November. 1917. 
until paid for, I bought a $250 Liberty 
bond. My brother received $100 bonus 
What Would the 
Real Price Tag Say? 
He Earned His Compensation 
The quotation heading the second edi¬ 
torial on page 800 is so unjust that al¬ 
though it was 1 a. m. when I began work 
and 9 p. m. now, and I have just come in 
— if Tractors Were Priced According 
to Their Cost per Year of Service 
F ARMERS everywhere face the same problem. Here 
is a “low price” tractor with flashy inducements, on 
one hand. Here is a “quality” machine—a long-life 
machine—at a reasonable price, on the other hand. Which 
tractor is the best investment—which costs the least in 
the end? Here is the answer: 
Imagine tractors priced on the cost per year of service. Add up the 
cost of fuel, oil, repairs, loss of time, depreciation, etc., for one year 
on each tractor. (Remember that the longer the life, the less the de¬ 
preciation.) Then compare these totals, which are the real prices. 
These prices would tell a different story. Many so-called “cheap” 
tractors would be exceedingly expensive. “Quality” tractors would 
prove their real economy. 
The Cheapest Farm Potver 
The OilPull saves at least 39^3 in fuel; saves 50?? in 
upkeep; averages 10 years and more of service, accord¬ 
ing to authentic investigations and comparisons. This 
is real economy. 
Mail the coupon for further facts and a copy of 
our booklet, Triple Heat Control. Then let our < 
dealer show you why the OilPull is the cheap¬ 
est tractor to own. 
Advance-RumelyThresher Co., Inc. 
LaPorte, Indiana 
f Advance-Rumely 
Thresher Co., Inc., 
▼ Dept 'LL Address Nearest 
W Branch. 
Please send free copy of Triple 
Heat Control Booklet. 
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Offices and Warehouses 
The Advance-Kiinulv line includes 
kerosene tractors, s team engines, ^ 
groin and rice threshers, at- - “ 
falfa and clover haliers, V r 
husker-shredders and ^ 
farm trucks. 
ADVANCE-RUMELY 
from milking. I cannot restrain myself 
from writing and dealing in personal mat¬ 
ters. My brother and I own 560 acres; 
35 acres are young orchard, bearing two 
years ago as much as one barrel per tree 
on some varieties. The rest of the farm 
contains at least 350 acres of cultivated 
fields. We settled here when discharged 
from the army and navy, and iu 1920 em¬ 
ployed three men; lust year two; this 
year we have accepted The R. N.-Y.’s 
slogan and are “doing it ourselves,” from 
necessity, not choice. I plowed in the 
orchard until 7 :30 p. m. with our tractor, 
and came down to eat supper at that time 
simply to let my wife, who finished her 
second year as school teacher today, get 
her work done and retire. Since supper 
I have done my chores. From the above, 
which is a sketch of a typical day on this 
farm, you will understand that I also 
know what long hours are on a farm. 
So when 1 write that a farmer's hours 
are as a nap compared to duty at the 
front you will understand I speak from 
first hand knowledge, for 1 was 19 months 
in France, and from .lime, 1918, until 
November 2. continuously under lire, and 
never had a furlough or n pass away from 
my regiment. Iu the Aisne Marne offen¬ 
sive my regiment was attacked for three 
days, July 15 to 18, and on the lSth we 
attacked and drove the enemy 27 kilo¬ 
meters in three days. We were hold in 
reserve for five days, always under fire of 
the big guns and bombing planes, and 
when relieved marched to a quiet village 
where we drilled, were filled up with re¬ 
placements, fed up and sent to St. Mihiel 
where we attacked after forced marching 
for two nights, and by forced marching by 
night, fighting as we went, we again 
gained 18 miles. The Argonne was worse 
than either of the other offensives. I fought 
in the “Neptune” sector north of Verdun. 
The Argonne took the smile from my face 
from the State of Massachusetts, and 
drew a couple of hundred from I he bank, 
and together we attended Massachusetts 
Agricultural College short course and 
came here April 1. 1919. With our total 
funds and borrowed money we began our 
farm life. Our pay and bonus money 
bought the animals with which this farm 
is^ stocked—Shropshire sheep. Chester 
White swine. White 'Wyandotte poultry, 
etc. Our foundation animals we pur¬ 
chased from the Agricultural College, and 
made no mistake. We are todav up to 
our necks in debt, and in March, 1922, 
"hen I received $375 bonus from the 
State of 1\ ashington (a generous reward 
for having enlisted iu Seattle), I paid 
$300 to the two men wo had last year for 
wages coming to them. 
Well, Cm tired now; it is 10:15 p. m. 
and 4 o'clock comes soon. But have I 
balanced the inferred slander contained in 
your page? Is not my case and situation 
likely to be as typical as the one of the 
men who go on a spree? 
ROLAND H. ALLEN. 
Columbia C’o., N. Y. 
Legislative Language in New Mexico 
Can you tell me whether the State 
Legislature of New Mexico speak the 
English nr Spanish language in their 
legislative hall in doing State business? 
Also, what per cent of the population of 
New Mexico speak the English language? 
Livonia, N. Y. u. L. r>. 
The Secretary of State of New Mexico 
gives ns this information: All legislative 
business in the State of New Mexico is 
transacted iu the English language. If 
there should he a Spanish-American mem¬ 
ber who does not understand the English 
language an interpreter is furnished and 
translations furnished him of the different 
measures. No less than 85 per cent speak 
the English language. All State and 
other official business is transacted in 
Euglisk. 
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library in your town which gives an ac¬ 
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Many city people form their opinion of 
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life, with its mixture of bright and dark 
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“Hope Farm Notes” is a well-printed 
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