1913. 
THE RURAb NBW-YORKER 
“THE CHILD.” 
A Bunch of Opinions. 
I think you have shown much wisdom 
in writing the book as you have, plainly, 
simply, without any effort at “fine writ¬ 
ing.” The lesson about the “Child” is a 
needed one. So many people never see or 
realize the joy of sacrifice; they either 
want a child to exploit, make money on, 
or as something to please by its beauty and 
grace. The priceless value of a child’s love 
they never realize. And how it does hold 
a man up to a high standard when he 
knows that some loving child is looking at 
him as a model man. The weakness as 
well as the strength of cooperation are 
very well illustrated in your closing chap¬ 
ters. Cooperation is exceptionally diflicult 
for Americans; and the reason is the in¬ 
dependence of character, inherited from the 
pioneers and passed down through our 
fanners, who own their own land, meet 
in town meeting with their equals, and 
vote their own tax rate; men who have 
not an atom of that servility that seems 
bred in the very bone of the European 
who does not belong to the aristocratic 
class. But we can learn cooperation, the 
Pacific Coast farmers have shown us .how, 
and the parcels post will I hope help to 
eliminate the middlemen. 
Connecticut. geo. a. cosgrove. 
I have read and reread my copy of “The 
Child,” and each time I have found new 
food for thought. It certainly contains so 
much of the “milk of human kindness,” to¬ 
gether with so much good “horse sense” 
that 1 can imagine no work that will do 
the farmers of America so much good to 
read as this new effort from the “Hope 
Farm Man.” c. d. bassett. 
Michigan. 
A few days ago I received the book en¬ 
titled “The Child.” With a great deal of 
interest I have read it, and I write you to 
express my appreciation of “The Hope 
Farm Man's” production. It is much more 
than merely a fascinating story; it is 
throughout suggestive of so much that is 
suited to inspire thought and incite action 
that all who read it must be greatly bene¬ 
fited. C. T. THORPE. 
You may continue to send The R. N.-Y. 
for another year. I have received and read 
the book “The Child,” by “The Hope Farm 
Man,” and find it the cleanest, most beau¬ 
tiful, most lovable story I ever read, as 
The R. N.-Y. is the cleanest, most helpful 
paper. I have no doubt this story put 
into practical use will go a long way toward 
.solving the disposition of the farm produce 
problem. n. R. drew. 
New York. 
I like the character sketches, “Hi Bent- 
]y” and “Hen Bingham,” and their force¬ 
ful, motherly wives. I know them all, for 
I was brought up in the hill country. I 
also know “Captain Storms” with his chin 
beard and clean shaven upper lip. I was 
warned against him years ago. I know the 
kindly, wise old doctor, the benevolent 
Methodist elder, and the poor minister who 
has been “shelved.” I also known an oc¬ 
casional lawyer who is altruistic and whose 
advice it is safe to follow. The lawyer 
was right when he said, “The future is only 
touched through the children,” “For as you 
have done unto the least of these, so have 
you done unto me.” How important then, 
as you somewhere express it in the book, 
that the picture photographed upon the 
child’s brain shall be a good picture, for 
it is bound to live with him always. 
W\ H. BOWKER. 
IMPORTANT BILLS AT ALBANY. 
Assembly Introductory No. 21. To 
amend agricultural law in relation to sale 
of farm produce on commission. To Com¬ 
mittee on Agriculture: 
Provides that commission fig ms shall 
apply for license each year before June 
1; provides for bond of $10,000. License 
not to be issued if applicant has had a 
complaint filed against him the previous 
year. Consignors empowered to bring ac¬ 
tion under the bond. Provides that con¬ 
signee, under such license, shall promptly 
on receipt of farm produce examine same 
and if not up to standard he shall im¬ 
mediately notify the consignor and the 
nearest inspector of the State Department 
of Agriculture, who shall certify to such 
bad condition or shortage, and unless such 
certificate be obtained or unless the con¬ 
signor shall concede the failure in quality 
or quantity, such merchant shall be pre¬ 
sumed to have received such goods in the 
condition and amount stated by the con¬ 
signor. 
Assembly No. 37, by Mr. flinman : 
To amend the legislative law by creat¬ 
ing a legislative bureau, with director at 
salary of .$6,000 and two assistant direc- 
ors, clerks, stenographers, etc. All bills to 
be prepared or passed upon by such bureau 
before introduction. Bureau to give advice 
and assistance in preparation of bills, etc. 
(Might be well if in addition it would 
provide means for freer and wider pub¬ 
licity on proposed legislation.) 
Assembly Introductory No. 13, by Mr. 
Sullivan. To amend agricultural law in 
relation to sale of farm produce on com¬ 
mission. Referred to Committee on Agri¬ 
culture : 
Provides that commission firms shall ap¬ 
ply to Commissioner of Agriculture for li¬ 
cense to do commission business in farm 
produce and file bond with . satisfactory 
sureties in the sum of $5,000. Consignors 
authorized to bring action and recover 
from such bonds and If judgment is entered 
license to be forfeited. No firm shall sell, 
or offer for sale on commission within the 
State any farm produce without such li¬ 
cense ; violation to be a misdemeanor. 
Assembly bill No. 19, by M. W. Cole. 
Refei’red to Ways and Means Committee: 
Appropriates $25,000 for the purpose of 
assisting and contributing towards the sup¬ 
port of county farm bureaus in the various 
counties of the State and in the super¬ 
vision thereof by the Commissioner of Agri¬ 
culture. Provides that no farm bureau 
shall receive more than $600 per annum 
towards its support in any county of the 
State, and then only in case the county in 
which it is organized shall appropriate 
through its board of supervisors or other¬ 
wise raise and provide at least $600 per 
annum for the bureau. Commissioner of 
Agriculture authorized to make rules and 
regulations for the organization of such 
bureaus, and the moneys to be paid by the 
State treasury after approval by Commis¬ 
sioner of Agriculture. 
Assembly bill No. 78, by Mr. Greenberg: 
Provides for a new State training school 
for farmers, to give instruction in the 
science and training in the practice of agri¬ 
culture and allied subjects and the carrying 
on of farming in its various branches on a 
commercial scale with student labor; the 
sale of products and application of proceeds 
towards the support of the school. 
Provides for an experiment station for 
promotion by investigation and experiment 
of improved methods in the practice of 
agriculture. 
(Above bill is a long one and, without 
a careful reading, appears to provide for 
institutions which in a measure would du¬ 
plicate the work of the College and Station 
already established). 
Killing: Rats. 
C. L. W. on page 4 wishes to know how 
to kill rats. Rats will eat lard and fresh 
meat. If he uses meat cut it into sausage, 
put either one in saucer as bait. When 
rats get baited so they will . come and 
clean out the dish then mix in some Paris 
green or some white arsenic and the rats 
are gone in one nigljt: that is my ex¬ 
perience with them. Tliev get out of the 
house and' stay out. I saw dead rats 20 
rods from the house, and it was nearly 
three years before they came back to the 
hOUSe. WM. STOCK WELL. 
Orleans Co., N. Y. 
When you write advertisers mention TnE 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
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Post Toasties in the pan¬ 
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Direct to your table in 
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Sold by Grocers every¬ 
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I 
A Fence Post Gives Way at the 
Bottom First—So Does an 
Ordinary Rubber Boot 
Right on the sole where earth, air, water and 
wear join forces to rot everything they touch, 
“Ball-Band” Boots give famous service. It takes 
good brains and experience as well as good 
rubber to make a rubber boot and all 
of these enter into the making of 
“Ball-Band” Boots. From 
straps to heel “Ball- 
Band” Boots are 
built strong. 
RUBBER 
FOOTWEAR 
“Ball-Band” Boots are made to work 
in—not just to put on in very wet weather. 
Wherever the brush strikes above the shoe tops— 
wherever there’s more wet than leather can stand you 
need rubber boots, and “Ball-Band” Rubber Footwear is 
made for the man who knows this. Take a “Ball-Band” Boot 
and wear it out—you’ll find it a harder job than you thought 
because these boots are made to resist wear. They are made by 
men who know how to make them stand the snags, the bumps 
of frozen ground and the kicks of clods and rocks. 
We only claim for “Ball-Band” Boots what they ordinarily 
ought to do. Many friends have written us some remarkable 
records of what “Ball-Band” goods have done. 
Look for the Red Ball which is the “Ball-Band” trade-mark. 
You will see it in the store windows and on the boots. Remem¬ 
ber when you buy Ball-Band” Boots or Arctics that you make 
a long time investment in rubber footwear. If you figure the 
cost per day’s wear you will find that Ball-Band” Rubber 
Footwear is the cheapest you can buy. 
We also make a rubber hip boot. If you fish much or farm 
on irrigated soil you need this boot. You can wear it into 
water almost waist deep and stay dry as a gun barrel. 
The “Ball-Band” Coon Tail Knit 
Boot is made of thick knitted wool— 
not felt, insuring the utmost wear and 
service. These wool boots are shrunk 
as only we know how to shrink them 
and shaped to a shape that stays. 
They can’t shrink any more, hence 
they can be washed and the snow ex¬ 
cluder keeps out of the rubber the 
chaff and mud as well as snow. Your 
feet and legs will stay warm in a bliz¬ 
zard when you wear this boot into the 
frozen snow. We are the only people 
making a really high grade boot of 
this character. 
Look for the “ Bail-Band ” sign —the 
Red Ball in store windows and on the 
boots. If the name “ Ball-Band ” is not 
there, you are not buying the boot we 
make. 4-5,000 dealers sell “ Ball-Band ’* 
Footwear. If your dealer does not sell 
“Ball-Band” Boots we invite you to write 
us. We’ll send you the name of a nearby 
dealer who can supply you. 
Write for Free Illustrated Booklet 
Mishawaka Woolen Mfg. Co., 
333 Water St., Mishawaka, Ind. 
“The House That Pays Millions for Quality” 
