1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
425 
HAY RACK LOADER. 
The cuts show a device for lessening the 
labor connected with hay loaders, and to 
make unloading with hay fork conven¬ 
ient. Clark Allis, of Orleans Co., N. Y., 
first called our attention to this machine, 
which is built at Waterloo, Iowa, by the 
Litchfield Mfg. Co. The loader can be 
put on any flat top rack or truck wagon. 
It is set to the back of the wagon, and 
after one-half of the load is loaded from 
the hay loader it is rolled to the front end 
of the rack by means of windlass and 
rollers carried on the rack, which support 
the loader in its position. The loader can 
be moved forward from the top of the 
load or from the platform in front, the 
man riding forward with the loader as he 
operates it. The windlass attaches either 
at the top of the standard, where it can be 
operated from the top of the load, or 
down on the body of the standard, where 
it is operated from the platform. With 
this wagon loader one man can take care 
of the hay as fast as any hay loader can 
put it on. A small boy can operate the 
wagon loader, drawing it forward as well 
as a man. It is held in position by an 
automatic lock so that uneven ground will 
not move it from its place. 
SOUTHERN VIEWS OF CHINESE 
LABOR. 
The Chinese as farm laborers are a wicked 
delusion and a snare. How do I know? Be¬ 
cause I have tried them under various con¬ 
ditions on the western coast in early days. 
The class (very small) represented by your 
picture, figure 135, page 344, does not work 
on farms or do any other hard labor. They 
are cooks, chambermaids, or keep a restau¬ 
rant or a small store, gambling house, opium 
den or something still worse. The common 
coolie will work in droves, but never one or 
two at American farm work. Take the word 
of tlie better class of American citizens on 
the Pacific coast: they do not want any 
more of them, neither .T. II. Hale nor our 
own J. W. Stubenrauch would or could han¬ 
dle them to any satisfaction, because they 
could only get the very worst scum of coolie 
labor for their farm work, and as quickly as 
these would catch on to American ways, off 
they would be for an easier job. A. I. Loop 
has the right idea about the Chinese, and 
about the labor we have now ; a little extra 
pay will always get what help you need. 
Our main labor here in southwest Texas are 
Mexicans, and they are all right, if you 
know how to work them; too many people 
(even here) expect to get their work done 
for little or nothing, and right here their 
trouble commences. Encourage the young im¬ 
migrants from Europe to settle over the coun¬ 
try, to marry and raise large families of 
healthy children, pay them fair wages and 
pay them promptly, and you will soon have 
all the help you may need the whole year 
around, but by all means keep the yellow 
Asiatic (Chinese-Japanese) on the other sidG 
of the Pacific. w. s. 
Corpus Christ!, Texas. 
Assuming that the Chinese, as suggested in 
The It. N.-Y., page 345, are capable of be¬ 
coming good farm laborers on American 
farms, it is reasonable to suppose that they 
would feel the same influences which draw 
American-born laborers away from the farms. 
I have worked and hoboed in several States, 
and know some of the reasons why most la¬ 
borers prefer to stay away from the farm. 
First of all. wages are generally lower on 
the farm than in the factory. Next, regular 
hours of work are almost impossible on the 
farm. Third, payment is often made at long 
and Irregular intervals. Fourth, there is less 
prospect of an increase of pay to follow an 
increase in efficiency on a farm than in a 
factory. Fifth, the farm hand must usually 
board with his employer. Sixth, man is a 
gregarious animal, and prefers to work in 
gangs. Seventh, the farmer expects the hired 
man to do about as much work as his em¬ 
ployer, while a navvy is only expected to keep 
up with his gang. Of course it is admitted 
that most laborers are poor sticks. If they 
were competent, industrious and economical 
they would soon be employers. The Chinese 
laborer may be more industrious and econ¬ 
omical than the American, in which case he 
would soon be an employer, making the situ- 
tion worse than it is at present. Here in 
Hade County, Florida, although there are sev¬ 
eral Chinamen, they do not work on farms. 
Yet the labor problem is not very serious, 
even on the small farms. Here men are paid 
every week, and all in money, boarding them¬ 
selves. Ten hours make a day's work. Wages 
are better than in most places. Mamy of 
the employers have been laborers, and know 
the mental habits of the laborer. Most men 
are hired by the day, and are paid according 
to what they can do. or more nearly so than 
most other places, while good roads and bi¬ 
cycles make it easy for men to get together 
in the evening. Labor is a commodity, and 
unless there is a great surplus in the market, 
there will always be some incompetent buy¬ 
ers who are poorly supplied. w. w. G. ’ 
Lemon City. Fla. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
It. N.-Y'. and you'll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
How to bale Hay to bring the top 
the market; how to make the best bale 
of anything balable, from pine shav¬ 
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Press best suited for your particular 
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It tells you things you must know to 
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29 Tivoli St., Albany, N. Y. 
r 
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311 THIRD STREET WATERLOO. IOWA 
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Improves the quality and yield of the crop and cuts the c 
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Poor Bow Sprmj.r 
d When you buy 
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loaded or unloaded easier 
—carry bigger loads with less draft 
on the team? One that runs lightly over 
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The Farmers Handy Wagon 
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Makers of Handy All-Steel Frame Silos and 
Handy Hay and Stock Racks. 
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Poultry In, Stock Out 
Page Poultry Fence is so closely 
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so strong and high that heavy 
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livery home needs it. 
Different sizes. Write for 
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Royal Mfg. Co., 226 E. Walnut St., Lancaster, Pa. 
For the Protection and 
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YES, WE 
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Station 290, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
