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'THIS RURAL NEW-VORKER 
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The Hunting Nuisance in Ohio. 
The many communications, editorial 
and otherwise, appearing in The R. 
N.-Y. for the past few weeks, show 
conclusively the manner in which the 
farmers are becoming aroused over this 
matter. The editorial paragraph on 
page 72, “We want a law which will 
give a farmer control of his own farm,'’ 
hits the nail squarely on the head. 
While conditions in Ohio are perhaps 
not so bad as in some other States, 
they are growing worse from the fact 
that the farmer has practically no pro¬ 
tection in the open season. Of course, 
hunters can be arrested for trespass¬ 
ing, but what does it amount to? The 
sporting element, including the State 
Fish and Game Commission, want a 
gun license law, taxing resident hunt¬ 
ers ^$1 and non-residents $5 each. The 
substance of their desires was present¬ 
ed through the resolutions committee 
at the recent meeting of Ohio State 
Grange at Salem. After one of the 
most spirited debates of the whole ses¬ 
sion, the gun license resolution was 
voted down by an overwhelming ma¬ 
jority. The sentiment of the speakers 
against the resolution could be summed 
up in the editorial paragraph quoted 
above. 
Realizing the expressed sentiment of 
the farmers at that convention, we 
came home, and as legislative agent of 
our Subordinate Grange, which has a 
membership of conservatively over 200, 
prepared the following resolution, which 
was passed without opposition : 
“Whereas, The hunting season in Ohio 
is becoming a serious menace to the lives 
and property of the farmer and his 
family, whereby many lives and much 
property have been destroyed, and 
whereas the game laws of Ohio afford 
practically no protection to the farmer, be 
it therefore resolved by Franklin Grange 
No. 1797 of Licking Fo., Ohio, that we 
hereby petition our Representative and 
Senator in the Legislature to secure at 
the coming session of the same, the enact¬ 
ment of a law. 
First.—Absolutely prohibiting hunting, 
shooting or trapping upon any farm or 
lands in Ohio, except by the owner or 
tenant thereof, or by written permit of the 
owner of the same, said permit to be valid 
only on the day for which issued. 
Second.—Any violation of the above pro¬ 
visions shall be considered a criminal of¬ 
fense punishable by a fine or imprison¬ 
ment at the discretion of the court. 
Third.—That all deputy game wardens 
and constables be given police power to 
arrest without warrant any violators of 
the law. 
Although the game license bill will 
probably be fought out in the Legisla¬ 
ture, we will make an effort to have 
our proposition presented also, and we 
ask the earnest support of all farmers 
in Ohio who are menaced by the hunt¬ 
ing mania to help us secure better pro¬ 
tection for our families and live stock. 
A few postage stamps stuck on your 
Representative and Senator will at 
least help to remind them of your posi¬ 
tion. The fight is on in many ways, and 
unless we farmers stand together in 
our demands the cities will win. 
Newark, O. o. e. c. 
FACTS ABOUT MAINE. 
I see many farms advertised for sale in 
Maine, ranging in price from .$1,600 to 
$2,200, Have you any knowledge of con¬ 
ditions there? May a man with a capital 
of say $2,000. take up one of those farms 
and make a living? Ilow many cows must 
a man keep, soiling his milk at the cream¬ 
ery to make a living? An answer to this 
question would enlighten a great many 
men who are not satisfied with industrial 
conditions in towns and cities. Or would 
it be better to go to Maine and talk to 
farmers themselves? C. J. I.. 
N. Attleboro, Mass. 
I have a general knowledge of the 
farmers and farm conditions in Maine 
which has been acquired through years of 
active contact with them, and 1 believe 
that as a rule they are prospering as well 
as the farmers in any other section of the 
country. I know there are visible evi¬ 
dences of prosperity on every hand, and 
that the families of our farmers have far 
and away more opportunities and advant¬ 
ages than the families of those people who 
are working for wages in any of our in¬ 
dustrial avenues of endeavor. 
At the foundation of farm success in 
Maine, as everywhere else, lies the capacity 
of the man at the helm. I have visited 
many farms on which natural conditions 
of soil and surroundings were decidedly 
against success, where the intelligence, 
skill and industry of the owner have 
brought success and have secured an in¬ 
come that has enabled him to gratify every 
reasonable desire. I have also visited a 
few farms where reverse natural condi¬ 
tions prevailed, and there have found the 
evidences of failure. C. J. L. should first 
study himself, and if he finds that he has 
faith enough in himself to enable him to 
grapple with every problem that shall pre¬ 
sent itself in a hopeful spirit and with a 
determination to succeed, if he has suffi¬ 
cient faith in the soil and the courage 
to persevere under difficulties, he need not 
hesitate for one moment, and the only 
problem that remains for him to solve is 
a good location, soil and markets fitted 
to the crops he proposes to handle and 
value received for the money invested. 
The amount of capital which he can 
command is ample to secure a farm on 
which he will have swing for his energy 
and full opportunity to “make a living." 
He may, and probably will have to con¬ 
tract a small debt, in order to retain some j 
working capital, but this should not deter 
him from purchasing if he is made of the 
right stuff. The direct question of how 
many cows he must keep should he ans¬ 
wered precisely. Much depends of course, 
upon the man and the cows. Just now. 
we are talking much about the necessity 
for better cows. We should talk more of 
better men to feed and handle them. There 
are many cows in Maine to-day returning 
no profit to their owners, simply and only 
because of the owner himself. They are 
doing as well as any other cows could 
under the same circumstances. It would, 
however, be difficult to secure a full herd 
of dairying cows at once, and I would 
earnestly advise that a small beginning 
be made from good foundation stock and 
that a herd be built up from them by care¬ 
ful breeding, selection and care, until there 
shall be a herd of at least 10 working 
animals with the proportionate number of 
young animals. From a herd of this size, 
with the output and by-products skillfully 
handled an income may be obtained that 
will enable him to “make a living” and 
more too. In the meantime, through the 
sale of poultry, of fruits, both tree and 
small fruits, sweet corn, potatoes and 
other soil products, for which, there is a 
good and ever increasing demand, he may 
secure an income that shall give him a 
living, his family many privileges that i 
without doubt are now denied them, and 
an experience that shall enable him to 
handle intelligently and successfully the 
more difficult problems of the larger dairy | 
and the larger farm operations. 
I would like to give some figures in i 
relation to the production of Maine farms, 
for the benefit of your correspondent and 
yot r readers generally. They are from 
authoritative sources and may be helpful 
in enabling him and others to form con¬ 
clusions relative to our farming oppor¬ 
tunities. The yellow corn crop of Maine 
in 1910 was worth more than onc-lialf 
million dollars. The yield was 46 bushels 
per acre, which is more than the per acre 
of any State in the so-called corn belt. 
Corn was selling here in October of that 
year for 75 cents per bushel at the farm. 
This makes the average per acre value of 
our corn $32.62, while the farmers of 
Illinois were getting but $13.07 per acre 
Maine packed 45,000,000 cans of sweet 
corn in 1911, many farmers obtaining $100 
per acre for their crop with the average 
yield reaching nearly $60 per acre. In 
order to fully estimate the value of this 
crop, however, it should be stated that the 
stover from every good yielding acre is 
worth fully two tons of average mixed hay. 
Northern Maine raises large quantities of 
Spring wheat, and has some as well equip¬ 
ped flouring mills as there are in the 
country. Her per acre yield in 1911 was 
at the prevailing prices at that time, j 
$30.22. Maine raised $2,666,000 worth 
of oats in 1910. the per acre yield being 
42.4 bushels and the farm value was 4$ 
cents per bushel. Maine's hay crop was 
worth $22,400,000 on December 1, 1910. 
The average price at the farm at that 
time being $12.50. Maine leads the coun¬ 
try in the number of bushels of potatoes 
produced per acre. The average in 1910 
was 220 bushels while the average for 
the entire country was but 94.4 bushels. 
The apple crop of 1911 was 3,000.000 
bushels and 400 acres of new orchards j 
have been set in the last three years. The j 
poultry industry amounted to over $4.- J 
000.000 in 1910. 
Answering the correspondent's last ques- ‘ 
tion I will say that by applying to the 
Commissioner of Agriculture at Augusta 
he will receive a pamphlet describing such 
farms for sale as were reported to the 
Department in 1911. By studying this, 
and the various catalogues of farm agencies 
he can form some idea of the particular 
locations or the farms apparently besl 
suited to his tastes; then he should, with¬ 
out fail, visit them and look them over 
from every possible view point—remember¬ 
ing that the farm is to be the home of 
himself and of bis family as well as a 
place of business, and that the comfort, 
welfare and happiness of every member 
should be fully considered when making 
a choice. n. walker mckeen. 
M hen you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page, j 
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