The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1471 
rule? of the profession !l>o owner had to 
do it, and his former servant “bawled 
him out” in great style, to the intense 
satisfiu'tion of his manhood and soul! 
T'p to the time of the great World War 
the hlf.ek people in the French African 
colonies had no idea that they wore equal 
to the white races. Dining the war many 
of thorn fought bravely. One of them 
called Siki showed ability as a pugilist, 
and he finally became “champion” by 
pounding Hie great Oarpentier into insen¬ 
sibility. The shock of that white man 
falling under the blows of this gorilla- 
like man was felt like a social earthquake 
all through Africa, and the knowledge of 
it slowly filtering into the heads of these 
black men will cause more trouble in 
French Africa than anything that hap¬ 
pened before in a century. 
French or Japanese cook tit Hope Farm. 
Hi* loses. I worked for a short time as 
cookie iu a lumber camp. My job was to 
split wood, wash dishes and "pass the 
beans." and I suppose I Can qualify for 
the job closer than any other member of 
my family. I have seen some of these 
dignified monarchy of the dining room 
stalking about. They usually make me 
loueMinie and very humble. They have 
traveled far from F. S. B.’s ancestor who 
flourished as leading citizen before razors 
and soap were invented. I have seen one 
of these magnificent creatures carve a 
bird or a roast with far more impressive 
digniry than the Kaiser would have 
shown had he been permitted to carve up 
the map of Europe. When they serve 
me with a piece of meat carved in this 
royal style it seems too sacred a thing 
to eat. much less to digest! If I had one 
of these gentlemen uuder contract I 
would put him at cutting up dead chest¬ 
nuts iu our woods. I think that exercise 
would mellow him into a human being. 
As for French and Japanese cooks it is 
quite likely that our women folk would 
welcome such an artist. As it is. Mother 
evidently has a little French blond from 
one of her ancestors. It sometimes be¬ 
comes quite apparent when things go 
wrong as it result of folly or neglect. The 
Japanese boy is a ver\ successful eater, 
but he can hardly be called a cook. I 
imagine there is much of what you may 
call "self service” about our table man¬ 
ner-;. I suppose there is scarcely one per¬ 
son in 1,000 (in America, at least 1. who 
ever knows wlmt it means to be really 
hungry. When that sensation actually 
comes, all the teaching and example of 
your betters and your French cooks will 
vanish. Yoar fingers will go into the pot 
and you will tight or kill in order to ob¬ 
tain food. If F. S. R, wants to see him¬ 
self as others would see him in the grasp 
of hunger, let him read Jack London’s 
story of the miner left without food in the 
Far North, lie would come to the con¬ 
dition of this crawling, wretched creature 
if deprived of food. Your ancestor, the 
cave man, would be a gentleman farmer 
beside you ns a man insane from hunger. 
But now. with all this preliminary. I 
shall ask you. next week, to sir at table 
with us at Hope Farm and see what we 
have to eat and how we eat it. ii. \\\ c. 
(To be continued.) 
That tense moment with dogs at point, just before the whirr 
of wings brings action. The gun will snsB to the shoulder 
with more confidence—results will be surer—if the shells axe 
loaded with DuPont or Ballistic. 
Du Pont makes powder—not shells. 
Du Pont Powders are loaded in every 
brand of shell. The name"DU PONT” 
or"BALLISTITE”, printed on the car¬ 
ton and the top shot wad, tells you 
what powder you are shooting. Specify 
the powder when you buy the shell. 
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS St CO.. Inc. 
Wilmington, Delaware 
When you shoot a shell loaded 
with DuPont or Ballistite Powder 
there is a century of experience 
back of your trigger-finger* Isn’t 
it worth your while to look for 
the name on the top shot wad? 
Reports of Northern Cotton Growino 
Since we printed a little report of our 
own cotton growing we have received a 
number of letters from parties who have 
planted cotton in the North. Walter M. 
Smith of New Haven County. Conn., sent 
us a small box of cotton which fully de¬ 
veloped with him in 1020. We are not 
sure whether this cotton was started in 
l>ots and transplanted, or whether the seed 
was planted outdoors iu the ordinary way, 
but at any rate, the cotton is fully de¬ 
veloped, and the seeds are evidently vital. 
We shall plant same of them next year in 
trying the crop ouce more for Bergen 
County, N. ,T. Of course no one expects 
that cotton will ever become a profitable 
crop iu New England, but many of us 
like to watch the development of such 
crops, aud it is at least a harmless hobby 
for us to try to see how near we can 
come iu our harsh climate to making 
these tropical plants come through and 
show their best. 
And then comes the report from James 
W. White of Warren County. N. J.: 
"Three years ago I experimented with 
French artichokes, sweet potatoes, pea¬ 
nuts and cotton, and they all did well, 
but being somewhat doubtful as to the 
cottou, I planted it under the lee side of 
a stone wall, .'1 to 4 ft. high, running east 
to west, and the cotton plants grew 
finely. In due time they flowered and 
the bolls ripened and opened out wide, 
and just to test the vitality of the seed 
I planted some of it the following year 
and it came up strongly. As a commer¬ 
cial crop I do not think it would pay to 
grow cottou in Northern New Jersey, 
but it is a very pretty and very attrac¬ 
tive plant at all stages of its growth.” 
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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
3i3 West 30th St.* New York 
EDMONDS’ 
POULTRY 
ACCOUNT 
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