1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
85 
EQUAL RIGHTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE 
What Grangers Say of If. 
The Constitutional Convention, organized 
for the purpose of suggesting a new con¬ 
stitution for New Hampshire, has voted in 
favor of giving the right of suffrage to 
women. We understand that under this 
provision all the women in New Hampshire 
will have the right to vote on all public 
matters. We would like to know what 
farmers generally think about it. What Is 
a fair statement of the views of your neigh¬ 
bors and friends regarding this proposition? 
Will they generally favor it or not? In 
either case, what reasons would they have 
for their belief? 
I do not believe it will ever be ratified 
by the people, and consequently I think 
it will never become a law. I do not 
think it meets with general favor among 
the people. n. f. hanson. 
Eastern N. H. Pomona. 
1 brought the matter before Grafton 
County Pomona Grange, and asked the 
members to discuss the question. None 
of the speakers favored the amendment. 
Then the women were asked to vote on 
the question; only three voted in favor, 
and I think more than 20 voted against 
this change in the constitution. T think 
about one in ten here In this part of the 
State favors the change. I believe when 
the women are ready to vote the men 
of New Hampshire are ready to give 
them the right to do so. Here In the 
country very few women could be 'In¬ 
duced to go to the polls, and the few 
that went would be the class that ought 
not to vote. n. n. cotton. 
Warren, N. H. 
I had thought at one time woman suf¬ 
frage ought to be granted, but after 
knowing how women neglect to vote In 
school affairs since being given that 
privilege I think it would amount to 
very little, and feel sure If they have 
the right of suffrage they will have the 
right to be elected to office, and It seems 
to me that there are some offices they 
are not fitted to hold; also that the 
right of suffrage given to women In 
some manufacturing centers might be 
used by designing parties against good 
government. I find some who voted for 
it as members of the convention are go¬ 
ing to vote against it at the polls, and 
find very few in favor of it. Having 
talked with many I feel that there is 
not any chance for it to be ratified at 
the polls next March. a. e. c. 
I am a Granger, and from that stand¬ 
point am in favor of giving the right of 
suffrage to woman, and I am satisfied 
that this sentiment meets with uni¬ 
versal favor among the Grangers—over 
2,500 in number in New Hampshire. One 
of the highest principles taught In the 
Grange is that woman is the equal of 
man, and she is given equal rights there¬ 
in. Among the farmers and my friends 
outside of the fraternity I find the idea 
meeting with general favor also, as 
about all seem to think that women 
—tax-paying women especially—who 
help to bear the burden should have a 
right to help administer the affairs of 
the government which they are com¬ 
pelled to support. About all of the op¬ 
position that I hear comes from the ma¬ 
chine and the pessimistic politicians. I 
think that I can truthfully say that the 
general sentiment is in favor of woman 
suffrage. trying n. tamprey. 
B. Rockingham Pomona. 
raise the standard of the farming class; 
then the bright boys and bright girls of the 
farmer will stay by the old farm. 
Denmark, N. Y. r. c. ons. 
I think that President Schurman has ex¬ 
pressed my views on the subject exactly, 
and much more fully than I could possibly 
give them. I corroborate everything he 
has said in every respect, and I think there 
are a good many subjects used in the 
Agricultural College that ought to be dis¬ 
pensed with, and the money given to the 
college by the State should be devoted to 
studies more closely connected with agri¬ 
culture. ELIAS M. GALLUP. 
Coeymans, N. Y. 
I wish to speak of the work which is be¬ 
ing done at Cornell for the women of the 
farm through the “Farmer’s Wives’ Read¬ 
ing Course,’’ under the direction of Miss 
Martha Van Rensselaer. While this may 
not be of great service to housekeepers of 
many years’ experience, yet there are 
thousands of young women, some of them 
city bred, who have married farmers, to 
whom these bulletins must bring many a 
useful hint. The recent one on Household 
Sanitation is especially valuable. At a 
meeting of Chautauqua County Pomona 
Grange December 18 and 19, endorsement 
was given a preamble and resolution of the 
State Dairymen’s Association, calling for 
an appropriation from the State to equip 
the agricultural college in a manner that 
v/ill be creditable to the Interests of the 
commonwealth. The work of John W. 
Spencer (“Uncle John’’) among the schools 
of the State in the department of nature 
study, is also proving a delightful source 
of recreation, and opportunity to children 
to become familiar with the open book of 
Nature. eliza c. gifford. 
Jamestown, N. Y. 
The best plan for educating the farmers’ 
boys is by putting suitable studies in the 
public schools. Bvery high school has its 
special teacher in drawing, music, etc., 
and even the district schools must give 
instruction in drawing. You can learn 
Latla in your own village school, but if 
you study farming you must go to college. 
Ask one of your farmer friends why he 
does not send his boys to the high school 
and he will answer: “My boy will be a 
farmer, so what good is Latin and algebra 
to him? He will get just enough of those 
new-fangled notions in his head to make 
him too lazy to work.” But if every farmer 
were to read in his village paper that a 
new teacher would be added to the faculty 
of the high school to give instruction in 
practical farming, and lectures Saturday 
evenings open to all, how the schools 
would swell in attendance, and What dis¬ 
cussions would follow those lectures! If 
the authorities felt they could not afford 
both this and their “picture” (drawing) 
teacher, a small tuition fee on the farmer 
boys would support both, and as the farm¬ 
ers are so used to being taxed they would 
not mind It. g. w. slater. 
Master Pomona Grange, Rlchford. 
Fertilizing Nursery Land. 
L. V. O., Woodlawn, Fa.—What fertilizers 
would you put on land to plant in nursery, 
principally apple grafts, and how much 
per acre? What ought it to cost per ton? 
The land is fairly good, light .sod turned 
and planted to corn one year. Would you 
subsoil land for nursery? 
Ans. —Land should be put in the best 
possible condition to raise a big crop of 
corn or wheat before it is planted to 
grafts for growing apple trees or any 
other nursery stock. In all probability 
a coating of stable manure would be of 
great benefit; because it contains humus 
as well as the other essential elements 
of fertility, potash, phosphoric acid and 
nitrogen. Subsoiling will be a decided 
advantage, as it loosens the soil to a 
greater depth than without it, and gives 
the tree roots a better chance to develop. 
Unless the land is now quite rich it will 
pay to apply a liberal amount of a good 
commercial fertilizer. This may be 
made by mixing and spreading, so as to 
have per acre 300 pounds muriate of pot¬ 
ash, 500 pounds acid phosphate rock and 
200 pounds nitrate of soda. This mixture 
will cost not far from $26 per ton. Re¬ 
peated plowing and harrowing will be 
labor well spent. h. e. v. d. 
THE GRANGE AND AGRICULTURAL 
EDUCATION. 
I can see no reason why the State of New 
York .should not have the agricultural 
school in the whole country. I think Cor¬ 
nell University is well situated to carry out 
the work if the proper equipment was pro¬ 
vided. There should be no doubt about 
that; State pride should be enough to make 
everyone work and vote for it If there were 
no other reason. Anything that uplifts 
and brings increased self-respect to the 
farmer, his wife or his children is worth 
all it costs, either in money or labor. The 
money needed should be freely appropri¬ 
ated by the State, but every dollar should 
be expended in the right direction. The 
aim should be to educate farmers and to 
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