1913. 
THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
POWER ON THE MOWER. 
973 
The article on Alfalfa in Central New 
York brings up the old question of tak¬ 
ing care of clover hay. Of course, the 
first step in all hay making is cutting 
down the grass quickly, and in such shape 
that it can be well handled by haying 
tools. The picture at Fig 370 shows 
the first step in making a crop of clover 
hay in Ohio. A strong, active team of 
horses is necessary for this. It is hard 
work to haul the mower quickly through 
thick clover, and the horses should be 
and the work carried out with energy, en¬ 
thusiasm and a business-like spirit, it is 
impossible for a society to live. Now it 
is pretty hard for a farmer to find time 
in the busy Summer season to attend 
a meeting, and, if he has pitched hay or 
tramped plowed ground behind a harrow 
all day, he is not likely to be a very en¬ 
thusiastic leader, or follower, either, for 
that matter. Then is when the other fel¬ 
low does his work. As the Pittsburg 
milk dealers are reported to say, “Don’t 
wait, go after them now while they are 
FIRST STEP IN CLOVER HAY MAKING. Fig. 370. 
well protected and given every chance to 
do their best. 
By way of contrast and to show how 
things may be done elsewhere, we also 
five at Fig. 371 another mowing scene 
—this time from New England, where a 
yoke of bulls have been hitched to the 
mower. As we can see, the grass is very 
much lighter than the Ohio clover, but 
these Guernsey bulls are quick walkers 
and rapidly take down an acre of grass. 
The picture gives a view of a Vermont 
hill farm, rough and stony. The bulls 
feel the heat more than horses, and so 
they work in the morning and late after¬ 
noon. Instead of the ordinary yoke, 
these bulls are harnessed, as will be seen 
from the picture. For plow and harrow 
busy and have lots of milk. If you wait 
you can't do anything with them.” Then 
when the work lets up a little the good 
roads (or bad roads) problem comes to 
the front, and Mr. Farmer says he can¬ 
not be expected to drive three miles on 
these roads to attend a meeting; let some 
one else do it. And some one else does— 
the farmer. 
I think we can blame real estate deal¬ 
ers with causing a great deal of the fail¬ 
ure to co-operate. In this community, 
if a man kept track of every one who 
lived within five miles, he would have 
time to do little else. It seems to me 
that it would be pretty hard to hold a 
co-operative society together where such 
conditions prevail. One hardly has time 
GUERNSEY BULLS ON A VERMONT FARM. Fig. 371. 
the yoke is used, but for mower or wagon 
the harness is better. 
M e print this contrast of pictures to 
point out the fact that farmers in vari¬ 
ous parts of the country may do well to 
adapt themselves to varying conditions. 
One may find it to his advantage to 
methods which would be promptly 
carded by the other, for there are 
cast-iron rules about farming. 
use 
dis- 
no 
HIRED MAN TALKS OF CO-OPERATION. 
iVe hear a great deal nowadays about 
co-operation. Nearly every class of men 
is organized for some purpose, with the 
exception of farmers, and they are be¬ 
ginning to see the advantages of getting 
together. Close organizations of farmers 
are inevitable, but there are several 
tilings that will delay such organizations 
a long time. The farmer is not so de¬ 
pendent as most people in other work. 
Re can raise nearly all he needs to eat, 
and sometimes he and his family do with 
very few clothes. It is possible for a 
turmer to live more independently than 
•‘iij other person with a similar capital, 
'iganization means attendance at meet- 
ngs, for without meetings well-attended 
to get acquainted with his neighbor, when 
behold, another neighbor has come to 
take his place. The very biggest reason 
why farmers do not co-operate is the 
farmer himself. Why is a farmer? Be¬ 
cause his spirit is too independent to let 
him be anything else. The more he- 
works on the farm and does herculean 
tasks alone, the more self-reliant he be¬ 
comes, and the farther away, from co¬ 
operation. Have you ever noticed how 
much better feeling there is in a neigh¬ 
borhood of farmers in the Fall than at 
any other time of year? Men exchange 
help a little in haying, more in thrash¬ 
ing, and still more in silo filling. They 
exchange help in more ways than one. 
Helpful ideas, friendly words and good 
fellowship generally are exchanged, and 
each man secretly resolves that when 
work gets a little bit slack, he is going 
to visit Jones, and Smith, and Brown, 
and then he forgets it. This is the way 
it seems to be in our neighborhood, and 
the question is, How are we going to 
give these independent, self-reliant farm¬ 
ers the get-together spirit? Every other 
trade or profession promotes its interests 
in this way. the hired max. 
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