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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 11, 11)22 
O R IS he merely winking at 
the violations of the oro- 
hibition law? 
Investigation shows that 90 per 
cent of the farmers are “dry.” 
Liquor interferes with the suc¬ 
cessful operation of their farms. 
What are you going to do about 
the open violation of this law you 
helped to pass? How are you going 
to fight the gang who are trying 
to repeal it? 
The Country Gentleman 
is running a remarkable series of 
articles on prohibition, showing 
just how the slipshod handling of 
this rum question is affecting your 
pocketbook. 
These include a stirring article 
by our well-known investigator, 
HARRY R. O’BRIEN, Is the 
Farmer Wet? —and the opinions 
of County Agents the country 
over, entitled Repeal? No! En¬ 
force? Yes! 
And other articles, includ¬ 
ing a thought-provoking one by 
JAMES R. HOWARD, President 
of the American Farm Bureau 
Federation, will follow. 
These appear in the next 
thirteen issues. You can’t afford 
to miss them. 
What Makes You 
the Most Money? 
What crop that you can raise 
will make the most money for you? 
What enterprise? What man¬ 
agement? What method? Con¬ 
centration on one product or two 
or three? 
The Country Gentleman 
sent an investigator 3200 miles 
asking “dirt” farmers these ques¬ 
tions. 
The answers are published in a 
series of articles continuing 
through the next thirteen issues. 
Vital information here. Infor¬ 
mation that may mean the differ¬ 
ence to you between profit and 
loss, or between ordinary profit 
and big profit. 
Our investigators found farmers 
that were making extraordinary 
successes because they knew what 
to do. 
Find out what they did—in the 
next 13 issues. 
This is but one of the many 
phases of the farmers’ business 
that will be covered in the next 
three months. 
Strikes!—the 
Farmer Always 
Gets Stung 
You bet the farmer always gets 
stung—no matter who wins. 
But just how? 
Have you figured out all the 
ways by which you get the short 
end of it whenever the railroad 
men or the miners or anybody else 
goes on a “vacation”? 
EDWARD HUNGERFORD 
has. 
He tells in vigorous fashion just 
how, and suggests a remedy. 
This also comes in the next 
thirteen issues. 
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General Farm Topics 
A Massachusetts Farmers' Club 
Reading in The R, N.-Y, about other 
farmers' clubs ami fairs suggested the 
idea that others of the K. N.-Y, family 
might be interested in the Luneuhurg 
Farmers' Club and their Community 
Fair. In the Summer of 1020 some of 
the young men of the town felt that 
there should he a farmers’ club here. A 
canvass was made of some of the tending 
farmers, a meeting called in August, and 
a club duly organized. Most of the more 
progressive farmers of the community are 
mem bet’s of the club. Meetings tire held 
on the first Tuesday of the mouth 
throughout the year. At these regular 
meetings topics of general interest to all 
the members are taken up, usually with 
u speaker who is a specialist in that line, 
followed by questions and a general dis¬ 
cussion. The speakers are furnished by 
the Extension Service of the Massachu¬ 
setts Agricultural College. 
Among the subjects taken up have 
I.. Farm lire insurance, farm finance. 
junior club work. The last meeting took 
the form of a debate: "Resolved, that 
fruit growing and poultry form the best, 
combination for the Lunenburg farmer." 
Two members led the debate in the af¬ 
firmative and two dairymen led the nega¬ 
tive side of the debate. Resides the an¬ 
nual dues of $2. a collection is taken up 
at each meeting after the discussion. At 
the dose, light refreshments are served, 
and the. men gather in groups for a social 
time. 
In addition to the regular monthly 
meetings, round table discussions are held 
for those members who are interested in 
some particular branch of farming. One 
display of fruit was especially worthy of 
mention; (lie picture shows the collection 
of box apples. The junior club work and 
the women’s department brought out 
such a large number of exhibits as to tax 
tbe capacity of the lower town hall. 
The "Midway" was run by a fair com¬ 
mittee, no outsiders being allowed ou the 
grounds, the object being to keep it free 
from fraud or any other objectionable 
features. The Lunenburg hand furnished 
music throughout the day. The most in- 
teresting feature of the fair to me was the 
crowd. It was estimated that about 3,000 
people attended during the day. The 
way the people gathered together in groups 
and enjoyed n social chat with friends 
and neighbors was a pleasure to see. 
Sports, including contests between teams 
from this and neighboring towns, and a 
jockey race with farm horses ridden bare- 
hack or with blankets, helped to till in a 
very interesting day, a. w. n. 
Disposal of Sewage 
We wish to build a privy adjoining the 
house. We do not know how to build 
the vault. We do not need to dig it, as 
the ground is probably 4 ft. below the 
hack porch, from which the privy will 
lie entered. If it is stoned up I am afraid 
the cellar and surrounding ground will be 
contaminated. If the stones are cement¬ 
ed. and also the bottom, after putting in 
a layer of stones, t am afraid the cement 
will gradually get contaminated. Would 
it be practical In build a lank and line it 
with zinc or something else, and have one 
side lower, for cleaning it out? We had 
thought of having it on skids and have a 
horse haul it out, but it would be incon- 
Exhibit of Applet! 
may be for fruit growers, another for 
poultrymen. etc. These meetings have 
proved both attractive and valuable, all 
the members attending. Another feature 
of club activities lias heen automobile 
tours of inspection to orchards, poultry 
plants, etc,, in the neighborhood, to see 
how the other man carries ou his busi¬ 
ness. 
Fast Winter a member was - appointed 
In secure orders for lime, fertilizers and 
seed potatoes, to he purchased through 
the Worcester County Farmers’ Fx- 
ehange, about 70 tons «".f lime. tons of 
chemicals. 2." tons of mixed goods, and 
SO bushels of seed potatoes having been 
bought through this means, at a saving 
in price on all these materials to the 
fanners. 
The members of the club also take an 
interest in the affairs <>f the community 
in which they live. The high school 
claims considerable attention, and an ac¬ 
tive movement is on foot M have an agri¬ 
cultural course introduced into the school. 
The question of rural education is fully 
as important here as in New York State, 
and the opinion of many of the club 
members is that the rural school should 
educate the farm boys and girls /or the 
life of the farm ami not away from it. 
The report of tin* Committee of Twenty- 
one for New York Stale, nud tlie discus¬ 
sion in Tur R, N.-Y. should furnish 
many valuable suggestions for those in 
other States interested in the rural 
school problem. 
No account of the Farmers’ Club would 
he complete without referring to their 
Community fair, the second one having 
been held on September Ki. Like many 
other farmera* operations, it was not u 
brilliant success from a financial stand¬ 
point. 1ml most of us farmers are used 
to working for nothing. It has often 
been said that no group of farmers can 
lie found who will work together, but (his 
fuir proved tlml they can, for every com¬ 
mittee worked hard and co operated with 
every other committee to make the fair a 
success. One of the big features of the 
fair was the old-fashioned boiled dinner 
for which New England is famous. The 
writer is mire the I lope Farm man would 
have been right at home in the dining 
tent, with plenty of corned beef and the 
usual fixings of vegetables, followed by 
pies and ice cream, not to forget the ap¬ 
ples, peaches and grapes, to finish off 
with. It is the intention of the club to 
maintain the agricultural features of the 
fair as the principal attraction, with all 
exhibits strictly Lunenburg products. 
The committees all worked hard to 
bring out the exhibits in tin fruit, dairy, 
vegetable and poultry departments. The 
<it Formers' Club 
venient in Winter to empty it as often 
as it should he, so the horse would be 
capable of drawing it. C. B. 
A privy vault can never !>p considered 
an absolutely sanitary method of dispos¬ 
ing of human wastes, hilt it will he a 
method used for a long time to come in 
country districts, and may be made very 
satisfactory by the observance of a few 
simple precautions. The first thing to he 
guarded against is t he entrance to the 
vault of houseflies, the so-called "typhoid 
fly." Fly-tight walls, hinged sent covers, 
light entrance doors and screened win- 
flow openings will protect against these. 
('ont.irnina.tton of I lie surrounding soil 
and of wells in the vicinity is guarded 
against with much more difficulty. While 
probably a few feet is the extent of the 
seepage of liquids from the average vault, 
there is no way of knowing how far such 
liquid contents may reach. However, the 
proportion of privy vaults to the number 
of wells known to tie contaminated from 
them would mil indicate that the danger 
is as great ns it might easily lie imagined 
to he. Unless your proposed vault is to 
he close i<> the cellar wall, it is not prob¬ 
able that it would give any trouble, if left 
with the natural earth bottom. It could 
he easily built, however, with concrete 
walls and bottom, and cleaned through a 
plank door titled into the rear wall. In 
this ease, enough dry loam or road dust 
should ho put into (he vault after clean¬ 
ing to absorb the liquids. A plank box. 
lined or unlined, may also he used as you 
suggest, and should be large enough not 
to need removal more than once or twice 
during the year. This would also require 
the use of some absorbent. M.B.P. 
Cesspool in Hardpan 
Can you give me any information on 
putting in a cesspool? The ground where 
I want to put it is hardpan. and no 
chance for the waste to leach away. 
Olenn, N, Y. e. b. y. 
A leaching cesspool will not work in 
such soil, but a septic tank may bo in¬ 
stalled to care for till of the house sen 
age. 1'lnns for these have been frequent¬ 
ly published in this paper, one of which 
may lie found in the October 30 issue of 
1020. If you do not have access to a 
file of the paper, you may obtain plans 
for septic tank construction from the 
State College o.f Agriculture at Ithaca, 
N. Y. Cement manufacturers publish 
such plans, also, ami you may he able to 
obtain a suitable one from your dealer in 
Portland cement. It is well to get sev¬ 
eral sin'll plans and adopt one suited t<> 
your circumstances. m. n. t*. 
