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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August o, 1922 
Things To Think About 
The object of thii department ia 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. 
Another View of the Bonus 
.rust how long has the principle been 
accepted that a man's compensation 
should be based on what He intends to do 
with it? This thought seems In underlie 
both your editorial, on page 8<H>, and Mr. 
Allen's reply, on page 811.1. 
Is it not better practice to pay a man 
on n basis of what lie has done to earn 
it? The advocates of the “bonus” claim 
that every man wlio was in the service is 
entitled to the bonus, in various amounts. 
Hut if the Government has lilled all the 
promises which it made before the man 
entered the service, why should it do any¬ 
thing more? Because civilian workers 
were paid more? Do two wrongs ever 
make one right? Perhaps you think it 
was right to pay such wartime wages; 
if s,». you and 1 disagree. Is the ex- 
service mau entitled to something in re¬ 
turn for what “he gave” his country? 
The drafted man "gave” his services no 
more than the taxpayer “gave” his (axes. 
His services were taken from him, will 
ingly, if he wished, hut bv force and 
under tear of punishment if necessary, 
just ns taxes are. The reason that fie 
was taken was his good fortune in being 
physically lit, and any bonus to adjust 
his compensation is just as foolish as a 
although in cities it is much better that 
they he in a kindergarten than on the 
streets. 
I would suggest to enlarge the rural 
schools and put two or more teachers in 
ihem, where it is necessary, instead of 
centralizing them, as the cost would be 
comparatively little more. MRS. L. M. 
Another Good Woodchuck Dog 
Reading about woodchuck dogs, I think 
•mr “Sport” can beat. Mr. Reynolds’ dog 
“Don," as she has caught over 50 wood¬ 
chucks this year. She once caught four 
in one day, and has several times had 
three in one day. She is eight years old. 
She doesn’t eat the woodchucks, but 
keeps them in the yard and travels back 
and forth to keep hens and cats away. 
One day When one of the horses was 
feeding close by the woodebuc-k Sport 
made a frightful commotion. YVe went 
to see what was the matter. Sport was 
trying to drive the horse away from her 
woodchuck, for fear she might eat it up. 
Sport has caught woodchucks like this 
every year. She is a good cow dog and 
a line watch dog, as she lets us know 
when anyone is around the buildings. 
Sim is shepherd and hull. She also 
catches rabbits, rats and mice, and never 
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ALTON B, ASHLEY. Essex Junction, Vermont 
This picture shows how some men wilh limited acreage are making every inch count. 
It is a young orchard in Wayne County. N. Y. Between the rows of young trees 
Columbian raspberries are growing, and in between the rows of berries are two rows 
of cabbage. We do not like to plant raspberries between, rows, for crown gall is 
likely lo spread, yet it is often done. With such close planting the ground must be 
made very rich, and some system of irrigation will be needed. Still, it is possible to 
produce enormous crops from small areas. 
is a charming story of a child taken 
from the poorhouse and reared and 
loved in a lonely farm home. The 
story was written by the “Hope Farm 
Man." It is a book of 192 pages, in 
clear readable type, on book paper 
and handsomely bound in cloth. Simi¬ 
lar books sell now for from $1.00 
to $1.50 each. We have a stock on 
hand and wish to close them out. We 
will mail them, as long as they last, 
postpaid for 25 cents. The stock must 
be closed out, and we prefer to let 
any of our oeople who would like to 
have Mr. Collingwood’s story have 
them. Send order to 
The Rural New-Yorker 
333 West 30th St., New York City 
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bonus would be to adjust the circum¬ 
stances of those who are fortunate enough 
to pay the larger taxes. 
The ex-service man has paid his war¬ 
time tax, and let. 11 s be thankful that the 
taxes were paid in time; but peace-time 
taxes now confront him. Problems in 
loyalty and patriotism are as grave and 
imminent today as they were in 1018. 
Is onr best effort freely ready to help our 
country in every crisis? 
Massachusetts. 'r. 1*. chandler. 
College Students and Farmers 
I was greatly interested in the article 
on page NS7, ‘Tollege Students and Hired 
Men.” I beg to take issue with Mr. 
Morse’s statement to the effect that it is 
a mistake for a city boy to go to an agri¬ 
cultural school to learn to farm. Do not 
the country hoys who go into business in 
the city take a course iu a business 
school? 'Phis Course is eilliei taken lie- 
fore entering business or taken at night 
school while employed. If I may speak 
from personal experience I was a city 
boy. and then l enrolled in an agricul¬ 
tural colics?. Or course jusl going to 
school will not make a farmer, but I do 
believe that if the city boy is industrious 
and is very serious about farming he can 
apply the knowledge gained in school to 
the practical side of farming during the 
Summer months, and after getting out 
nf school. I believe Ibe I wo go band iu 
band. T - 
Centralized Schools 
I personally do not believe in central¬ 
izing the schools, only it seems very much 
easier to find teachers for a centralized 
school, where they have only one or two 
grades under them, than it is to find a 
teacher to take a rural school, with all 
grades, from primary to eighth. But I 
do not think it right to try to send small 
children to main road and have them wait 
iu cold, (lamp weather for a Ims to trans¬ 
port them to another district. 
Nine-tenths of the rural schools of to¬ 
day are overcrowded, milking it impossible 
for the teachers to do justice to t lie pupils, 
and yet they get tlu* blame. I also be¬ 
lieve.* as President Garfield did, that there 
are ton many children started in school 
too young to sit in the schoolroom for 
six hours each day. Nearly any child 
ean be taught easier and more clearly 
..niitnnr nvnmnlost mid ohieot lessons. 
confines her hunting to our land, but has 
caught many woodchucks from neighbor¬ 
ing farms. She can climb a ladder, shake 
her right paw for “Good morning” or 
“How do you do,” and her left paw for 
“Good night.” b. s. t. 
Give the Horse a Wide Bed 
I have read your paper for many years, 
t take two copies—one for myself and 
one for my employees. I consider it the 
best agricultural paper published. I have 
never before felt like criticizing, but my 
love for my faithful servants, the horses, 
leads me to question the article on page 
fill”. “Width and Length of llorse Stall 
for Horses 1,200 to 1.400 Pounds." ques¬ 
tion by G. A. B.. Limington, Me. 
You say. “standard single horse stall. 
1 ft. 0 in. in width. Stalls much nar¬ 
rower than this are likely to cause the 
horse to got cast, although they are 
sometimes made as narrow as 4 ft.” 
I have owned and used horses for 07 
years. I am now working, in different 
lines of business. 32 horses. In early 
life I may have used stalls 4 ft. 0 in, 
wide. I do not remember, but I know 
that I used many of them 4 ft. S in, 
wide, and frequently found a horse cast 
that could not get up until he was pulled 
out of his stall. If they attempted 10 roll 
and got their feet up against the side of 
the stall, they were oast. About 50 year? 
ago I commenced to make my stalls 0 ft 
2 in. wide. Prom that date on I had no 
more horses cast in the stall; no more 
hips skinned in a narrow stall. 
After watching the horses closely when 
they lay down and when they got up am 
when they stretched out in their stalls 
I decided to make my stalls 5 ft. 8 in 
wide. That is my standard. A stall -! 
ft. (1 in. wide is too narrow for a 1.000 
lb. lmrse, to say nothing about horse; 
front 1.200 to 1.4(H) lbs. Think of tlu 
lmrse, which cannot speak for himself 
after a hard day’s work, put in a stnl 
where he cannot lie down and stretch hi; 
legs out full length to rest. This seem! 
to me like cruelty In animals. 1 mak< 
my stalls 10 ft. long. 1 do not like t< 
find my horse in the morning with liii 
hind legs skinned and around the bad 
end of the partition cast so he canrto 
get UP- 
If I put a horse in a stall o ft. 8 in 
wide. T know he has room to rest, and 1 
can rest with a clear conscience. 
Pennsylvania. .T. E. PATTERSON. 
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