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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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drudgery, but where 417 bushels are grown 
per acre he believes that is a fine art. The 
experiences in Illinois where rural school 
children have grown corn successfully were 
described and commended. Twice the pres¬ 
ent district quota should be provided for 
each rural school in tills State. I)r. Bailey. 
Dr. Jordan. Mrs. Comstock, and others of 
the Agricultural College and Nature Study 
Bureau gave the rural school problem the 
support of their presence at the Friday after¬ 
noon session. 
Dr. W. H. Jordan, Director of the Geneva 
Experiment Station, spoke on animal nutri¬ 
tion. lie considers soil investigation and ani¬ 
mal nutrition two of the most difficult sub¬ 
jects with which science attempts to deal. 
As on other occasions, Dr. Jordan spoke of 
the great work which science is doing, but 
suggested that the public is placing too much 
confidence in the work and opinions of sci¬ 
entific men. He did not deal so much with 
practical problems of animal nutrition as 
with some of the general principles and with 
certain difficulties that are in the way of 
reaching exact conclusions. Many people are 
reaching conclusions too rapidly, and be¬ 
fore all the facts have been considered. 
Prof. John Hamilton, Farmers' Institute 
Specialist. Washington, D. C.. said that the 
great mass of farm people cannot go to col¬ 
lege. The cost is too groat and the colleges 
are too few. Our schools are everywhere or¬ 
ganized to favor the six per cent who can 
go, and the 1)4 per cent are practically un¬ 
provided with proper facilities for educa¬ 
tion. He Showed how the agricultural coun¬ 
tries of Europe have taken up the educational 
problem in a better way, providing for in¬ 
struction in agricultural subjects. As a re¬ 
sult the average of these countries produce 
28.42 bushels of wheat per acre against the 
United States’ 12% bushels, and so on 
through the list of farm products which he 
mentioned. 
Three prizes were awarded for best work 
in actual practice by college students the 
past year. The first prize of ten dollars 
went to C. T. Osborn. East Hampton, N. Y. 
Two other prizes of live dollars each were 
awarded. This was the Ainmerman prize of 
twenty dolars. One hundred dollars was 
immediately pledged by about a dozen per¬ 
sons sharing the expense for prizes to be 
awarded next. year. 
Friday evening, February 22, the Cornell 
agricultural students held their annual ban¬ 
quet at the armory. Five hundred tickets 
were sold, and the enormous armory build¬ 
ing was practically filled with students and 
members of the Experimenters’ league. The 
toastmaster was B. II. Oroclieron, ’07. Toasts 
were as follows: “Yesterday,” Professor II. 
II. Wing: "What Is It?” II. II. Schntz: 
“Why Is It?” II. B. Goubt: “To-day.” Pro¬ 
fessor It. A. Pearson ; “The League.” Mr. 
Barker: “To-morrow,” Dean L. II. Bailey. 
Prof. Wing gave a very good idea of what 
the agricultural college was .‘10 years or more 
ago when he first came (o (he college. In 
the light of what one sees when visiting the 
college now. and especially in contrast with 
Prof. Pearson’s explanation of the present 
condition, it is seen that agricultural educa¬ 
tion in New York is something of remark¬ 
able growth. Dean Bailey, as was expected, 
easily capped the climax. The one tiling 
that tie found in bis pocketliook was a scrap 
of paper on which was written in 1003 a list 
of seven tilings which should be done for 
and witli the agricultural college. Two of 
these have been accomplished. The college 
has a new building, for one thing. What 
(lie remaining five tilings on the list are Prof. 
Bailey promises to tell in 1014. Dean Bailey 
spoke encouragingly of the future of the 
rural school and the country church, both of 
which he considers now in a state of ar¬ 
rested development. He then closed by re¬ 
citing effectively a beautiful original poem. 
H. H. L. 
SPOTS OF PRINTER'S INK. 
A Pennsylvania friend sends us a batch 
of clippings from tlie Philadelphia Record, 
out of which we make tlie following: 
Got His Pay. —Tobacco farmers were 
docked on the price of their crop. Some of 
them were Amish—belonging to a religious 
sect which does not permit lawing. But a 
packer here was disappointed with one such 
man. The latter was a strapping, broad- 
shouldered Amishman, and when be deliv¬ 
ered his tobacco the dealer told him he would 
have to take three cents a pound less or take 
iiis tobacco home. This did not suit the 
Amishman, who promptly threw his broad- 
brimmed hat and hook-and-eve coat in one 
corner and remarked : “There lies the 
Amishman : here is Johnny Stoltzfus. and I 
want the contract carried out, or somebody 
will get hurt.” The Amishman was paid 
in full, then he donned bis regulation suit 
and drove away. 
Advice To Hens. —Last Winter a reader 
iti Connecticut told how he hung a copy of 
“The Business Hen” in his henhouse and got 
more eggs than ever before. Here is one 
that beats that story :—“Because bis chick¬ 
ens would not lay, IT. C. MaeCurdy of this 
place, had a sign installed in the chicken 
house with these words thereon : AH hens 
that don’t commence to lav within five days 
from this date will be killed. The chicken 
raiser says he is now getting plenty of ben 
fruit, though the weather is much warmer 
and sunnier than when he put up the sign. 
Tight Times. —These chickens will 
doubtless realize if possible the size of a 
new job before they stick to it :—George 
Westerman, an enthusisatic breeder of fancy 
poultry, put in a busy day soaking the bills 
of his roosters and bens in Hot water. This 
strange occupation was due to an artistic 
effort on the part of bis nearest neighbor. 
Herbert Fields, who mixed some powerful 
glue sizing preparatory to painting the walls 
of one of the rooms in his house. The sizing 
left over Mr. Fields dumped in his back 
yard. Mr. Westerman’s chickens, evidently 
thinking the sizing some new brand of break¬ 
fast food, -flew over the fence and ate it 
greedily. In a few minutes their bills were 
stuck as closely together as If riveted. 
Gomhined Bum, and Dog —“Two tramps 
approached the residence of Widow Stannard 
and finding her alone, demanded something 
to eat. Mrs. Stannard said she would do 
so. but wished to put a bull in the barn 
first. She threw open the gate to the barn 
yard and the bull, a big Devon, like a faith¬ 
ful dog that had been “sicked,” dashed after 
the tramps, who had scented danger and 
started to run. The nnimal overtook one 
that wore a red muffler around his neck and 
while he shrieked In agony, caught him on 
bis horns and hurled him into a snow bank. 
The animal then, fully aroused, made after 
the other man and caught him Just as he 
was climbing a fence and boosted him in 
acrobatic fashion.” 
These Are Facts It Pays 
To Remember When You 
Buy a Manure Spreader. 
I N I. H. C. SPREADERS—Corn King and 
JClovcrleaf— <>ne lever controls every 
operation. Operator can remain seated 
from time he leaves the barnyard until lie 
returns. 
Self-adjusting, vibrating rake levels the load 
and brings the manure up squarely to the 
cylinder. 
Cylinder is large and runs easily, and the 
teeth are long, square, high carbon steel. 
Apron is equipped with three sets of rollers 
attached to slats,running on steel tracks. 
Is driven from both sides and cannot 
bind. 
Apron drive clutch is automatically thrown 
out of gear when load is fed out and 
again when apron has returned. No 
attention required. 
Range of feed is three to thirty tons per acre 
with ten speeds. 
Ends of apron slats are protected so that no 
manure can work in and bind or clamp 
the apron. 
Driving axle is extra large—made of cold- 
rolled steel. 
Front axle is attached to frame by means of 
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Chain drive, direct from rear axle to cyl¬ 
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The wheels are steel with staggered 
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frozen fields. 
Seat is hinged so it can be turned for¬ 
ward and kept clean while loading. 
Box is attached to frame by means of heavy 
steel cleats. 
Frame is made of carefully selected lumber 
re-enforced at corners by metal braces. 
That’s a good deal to say of a manure 
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you should know about I. H. C. Corn King 
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Those are the main points, and they are 
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spreader until you have seen the Corn King 
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The key-note in the I II. C. line is 
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Strength in every part means much, for a 
manure spreader has hard work to do. 
Simple construction means that it will not 
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and be easily operated. Those are the 
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I. H. C. spreaders are made in two styles, 
Cloverleaf, an Endless Apron machine, and 
Corn King, a Return Apron machine; each 
is made in three sizes. 
Call on the Local Agent or 
write lor catalogues. 
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