1904 
FISHING FOR FARM HANDS. 
HOW MICHIGAN DOES IT.—Last March 
neighbors and friends of A. C. Glidden, of 
Paw Paw, Mich., asked him to go to New 
York and get a few men who were willing to 
do farm work. After some sorting he got a 
dozen or fifteen. They turned out so well 
that he was sent for more. The story quick¬ 
ly got into the newspapers, and Mr. Glidden 
found himself in great demand. lie has made 
five trips thus far, taking out nearly 100 
men, and is likely to come several times more, 
as he is getting orders now from other parts 
of his and neighboring States. The writer 
found Mr. Glidden at his hotel after a busy 
day, during which he had picked out 20 
men considered worth trying. His orders on 
this trip were for 15 men to work in a nur¬ 
sery, five for a ladder and wheelbarrow fac¬ 
tory near Chicago, three general farm hands, 
and one man and wife for a fruit farm. So 
that night he lacked five of the required 
number. 
WHERE HE GETS THEM.—Most of this 
lot were secured through the Salvation Army 
Labor Bureau. The Army is broadening 
its work in this line, and succeeds in helping 
a large number of unemployed to get places 
where they can be of more account to them¬ 
selves and others. This Interstate Labor Bu¬ 
reau is conducted on strict business prin¬ 
ciples, and has a competent man as superin¬ 
tendent. On a previous trip Mr. Glidden got 
five men from the Labor Bureau in the Barge 
Office. 
THE MEN.—I arranged to meet Mr. Glid¬ 
den at the Salvation Army headquarters, 
14th street, near 6th avenue, the next morn¬ 
ing, to see how he selects his men. He was 
there before eight o'clock, having picked up 
one recruit on his way across Union Square, 
a lusty young Scotchman, in hard luck, out 
of work, without a cent of money. He had 
had no breakfast, and had slept out-of doors 
—rather hard lines, yet the experience of 
dozens of poor fellows in this city every 
night. A sign by the door stated that 20 
men were wanted for work in the West. 
There were plenty of applicants. One by 
one they were taken into a little office, and 
Mr. Glidden gave them a thorough examina¬ 
tion. Following are some of the questions 
asked : 
What have you been doing? 
What kind of work do you want to do? 
How old are you? 
Do your parents know where you are, and 
will they let you go so far away? (This in 
the case of boys under 21.) 
Have you any money? 
The conditions were then explained, re¬ 
garding kind of work, location, pay, etc. Do 
you want to go under these conditions? 
How soon could you get ready to go? 
The answers varied. They had been work¬ 
ing in the streets, in restaurants, in factories 
and on farms. Their ages were from 17 to 
35. They were willing to do almost any¬ 
thing they could get. Some had no money. 
One had 10 cents, and another one cent. 
Most of them had a -morning paper in their 
pocket, with the help advertisement section 
turned outside, which was very good evidence 
that they really wanted work. Some were 
American born; others German, English, 
Welsh, Scotch, Polish, and one was from 
South America. With two exceptions they 
were a likelier looking lot than one would 
expect to pick up off the street. About 75 
per cent of the applicants examined were 
taken. One man whose breath suggested 
beer was turned off at once, no drinking men 
being wanted. A man and wife were secured 
for the fruit farm. Mr. Glidden was doubt¬ 
ful about being able to fill this order, as pre¬ 
vious attempts to get female help for domes¬ 
tic service had failed completely. As none 
of these people had money enough to pay 
railroad fare, each was made to sign an 
agreement that all expenses of the trip should 
be taken out of the first two months’ wages. 
Mr. Gliuuen has taken no Italians yet, and 
does not care specially to do so, as he pre¬ 
fers men who are more likely to stay and be¬ 
come citizens. The nursery firm mentioned 
would have taken four Italians, but he did 
not find any suitable. There is no use in 
taking Italians unless several can go to¬ 
gether. They are said to do very well in 
gangs on fruit farms. The whole party was 
to meet us at the Cortlandt Street Station of 
the Pennsylvania Railroad. The railroad 
company furnished two obliging young men 
to arrange the ticket business and help Mr. 
Glidden get his numerous newly-adopted 
family on board ferry and train. All but 
two of the desired number were on hand. The 
others had doubtless changed their minds. 
HOW THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED.—I asked 
Mr. Glidden how he divided up the men, and 
whether the farmers were allowed to pick 
out whoever they wanted. 
“No,” said he; “there would he trouble 
right away if I did that. I do the picking 
out, and they must take whoever I give 
them.” However, he has a careful record of 
the special requirements of each applicant for 
help, and tries to put each one in the place 
for which he seems best fitted. He charges 
a commission sufficient to make fair pay for 
time and expenses. 
L.... „„ i 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
437 
WHY NOT OTHERS?—From the unusual 
success of this experiment one might jump to 
the conclusion that here is the solution of 
the whole vexatious farm problem. Why not 
have every community where the need exists 
send some one to the city for a supply ? I 
know of a number of cases where this has 
been done. Why not make it a general prac¬ 
tice? This would be all right where the 
right kind of a man could be found to make 
the trip. But it must be remembered that 
Mr. Glidden is a thorough hustler. He has a 
keen knowledge of human nature, can size up 
a man quickly, and finds them in places 
where others might not. The job is no sine¬ 
cure, and any man who succeeds in getting 
anything like a desirable lot must work hard 
and keep his eyes and ears open. There are 
many rascals who are looking after free 
transportation. On one occasion three men 
skipped out a station or two short of their 
destination, and the man who was piloting 
the crowd had to stand the loss of carfare, 
about $50. He had noticed that they were 
acting rather strangely, and there is no doubt 
that they had the scheme all made tip. When 
any neighborhood is to send a man to get 
help it is a good plan to make up a schedule 
of just exactly what is wanted and write to 
the Salvation Army Interstate Labor Bureau, 
I4th street, near 6th avenue, or any other 
reliable agency. They can sometimes ar¬ 
range to have a number of men investigated 
and thus save time. w. w. h. 
RAISING TURKEYS. 
We have found young turkeys as easy to 
raise as chickens when cared for in the fol¬ 
lowing manner: The method of hatching 
is immaterial—a reliable incubator, hens 
or turkey hens whichever is most conven¬ 
ient. The time, however, is important. As 
the Springs here are cold and often wet 
we find it better to have poults hatch about 
June 1. Have sufficient turkey hens sit¬ 
ting to care, for the poults when hatched. 
If they have been sitting but a week you 
may put the newly hatched, but thoroughly 
.dried, little poults under them at night and 
they win care for them. Never try to raise 
turkeys in a brooder or with common hens. 
Do not give more than 20 poults to each hen 
to mother, and place herself and brood in a 
triangular pen made of boards 12 inches 
wide and placed on edge. Flace within this 
enclosure a house of some kind. If the 
weather be warm an A-shaped lath coop will 
answer. Have the pen movable, and move 
to fresh grass frequently. Feed the turkey 
plenty of corn, but do not feed the poults un¬ 
til 36 hours after the last one is hatched. 
Provide fresh water in clean drinking foun 
tains and grit. 
Sprinkle the hen with a good insect pow¬ 
der, and keep the poults at all times free 
from lice. Between the third and sixth 
day spread the wing of each little poult and 
pull out the six quills you will find start¬ 
ing to grow along the outer edge. When the 
poults can fly over this pen let them have 
free range with their mother, but see that 
they come home at night if you are obliged 
to bring them a few times. Feed liberally 
when they come home, and always have 
grit and fresh water where they may have 
free access to it. Keep their house and pen 
clean. A turkey will not live in filthy 
quarters, nor if lousy. If you are making 
a success of the dry feeding system with 
chicks you will succeed with the turkeys by 
the same system. Pinhead or (lake oatmeal, 
dry bread soaked in milk or water and 
squeezed dry, curds mixed with chopped 
onion or dandelion tops are all good foods. 
Sometimes we are able to buy through our 
grocer breakfast food or pinhead oatmeal 
that has become wormy (not musty) .at 
greatly reduced prices, and they make ex¬ 
cellent food for turkeys or chicks. Feed no 
sloppy foods and not too much at one time. 
Iowa. MARGARET C. DALI’. 
Draft Horse Breeding. —As regards the 
outlook for good draft horses, the demand 
is growing better each year. Western Craw¬ 
ford County has been breeding the heavy 
draft horse for over 35 years, and we have 
always found that they brought the top 
price when put on the market. A few years 
ago, when the horse market went down, our 
breeders got careless and bred to any horse 
that was cheap, and consequently our stock 
became greatly reduced in size. When the 
marKet improved, in place of the heavy 
drafter that was in demand, we had a lot of 
chunks on our hands. The rise in the mar¬ 
ket brought our breeders to their senses, and 
they began to look around for larger stal¬ 
lions to breed to, and a greater interest is 
being taken to-day than at any time before. 
Companies have been organized all through 
this section buying the best draft stallions 
that can be procured. There always has 
been and always will be a good demand for 
the heavy draft horse in moving heavy loads 
from place to place in the cities, where it 
cannot be done in any. other way. The 
average life of the heavy drafter in ‘the city 
is from three to five years, so there must 
be a demand, and the breeder who has a 
heavy team of horses on hand will always 
find a buyer when he is ready to sell. Very 
few horses that go to the city are purebred. 
Hartstown, Pa. j. w. c. 
PRICES FOR HORSES. 
Work horses from 1,200 to 1,350 pounds 
cost from $85 to $140; from 1,350 to 1,700 
cost from $135 to $225. Mules with lots of 
weight, say 1,400 pounds, cost upward of 
$500 per span. Mules of 1,200 cost $350 per 
span ; small cotton mules, weighing from 950 
to 1,050 pounds, cost from $00 to $140 per 
head. john s. cooper. 
Illinois. 
We have just closed a sale of horses and 
mules here, in which $50,000 worth of stock 
changed ownership ; horses from $85 to $325. 
They sold according to size, flesh, age and 
performance. Good plain, sound business 
horses can be had here, 15% to 16 hands, 
from $100 to $150; mules from $115 to $175, 
according to size and flesh. Some pairs of 
mules have sold for $400 to $500 ; these were 
well matched, large and had flesh. 
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