1910. 
THlfi RURAL, NEW-YOKKER 
676 
FACTS ABOUT PARCELS POST. 
1 got a bag of clover seed (one bushel, 
one peck) with some garden seed, shipped 
by U. 8. Express from Iowa to Northum¬ 
berland County, Pa. The bag weighed 75 
pounds and the charges were $2.85. Now, 
as I understand the bill of lading, it was 
shipped by Adams Express in care of U. 8. 
Express. What do you thing of it? Am 
1 overcharged? I think it is an outrage 
for a little bag of clover seed. I think it 
is time that the people put their heads to¬ 
gether and fought for a parcels post, and 
I think the express and freight companies 
ought to be blamed as much as anybody 
for ’high-priced living; they get the big¬ 
gest profit. The agent told me that if I 
had this bug sent by freight the charges 
would be 73 cents. F. w. r. 
Pennsylvania. 
We welcome still another tighter to the 
ranks. • Better send a • complaint to the 
Interstate Commerce Commission at Wash¬ 
ington, L>. C., giving all the facts. 
1 have just paid 55 cents express on a 
bundle, weight 5% pounds, from Methuen, 
about 30 miles from Boston, this being 113 
miles from Boston. Tell your readers what 
it would cost to send it by mail to (treat 
Britain or other foreign countries. 
North Truro, Mass. , K. L. S. 
In this country the package would have 
cost 84 cents if sent by mail, not over 
four pounds allowed in one package. It 
could have been mailed to any point in 
(treat Britain, Germany, Japan, New Zea¬ 
land or other countries for 72 cents. In 
Great Britain this package could have been 
sent from one corner of the Kingdom to 
another for 1(5 cents! 
The “ Country Merchant ” Argument. 
As nn excuse for not favoring a parcels 
post bill, some members of Congress urge 
the opposition of the country merchants, 
who claim that their customers would deal 
elsewhere through mail-order houses, etc. 
This might be true to a certain extent, but 
would be more than offset by the facility 
and despatch with which they could order 
and receive goods, thereby holding their 
customers by being able to supply more 
promptly the goods asked for, and enabling 
them to deal in a larger variety of goods 
without being compelled to carry them in 
stock. But, even if the merchants’ ob¬ 
jections to the passage of this bill were 
all true, yet the excuse would not be valid 
or sufficient. Laws are supposed to be cre¬ 
ated to do the most good to the greatest 
number, and surely the country merchants 
as a class are a very small minority when 
compared to the farmers and other classes 
of people by whom they are surrounded. 
Therefore I cannot understand why the 
Interests of scores of people should be dis¬ 
regarded in order to put a few dollars into 
the pockets of a few men, who, if they 
wish, have the same privilege of the many, 
of engaging in any business which nitty 
seem to them more profitable. I was a 
country merchant for several years. Very 
often it would have been money to me if I 
could have had the advantages and use of 
parcels post. Many times a bargain was 
lost because I could not supply goods when 
needed, and express charges were an ef¬ 
fectual bar to a profitable business trans¬ 
action. Most surprising it is that our 
lawmakers cannot apparently see, compre¬ 
hend and apply the proper remedy for the 
large deficit in the postal service, but in¬ 
stead are increasing the postage charges on 
mailable matter, which are now already 
too high. Let them give us a reasonable 
parcels post; then the increase in business 
will tit once cause this large deficit to 
vanish. John youngs. 
Orange Co., N. Y. 
I am much interested in the discussion 
of the parcels post, question, and I wish to 
commend as strongly as may be your own 
labor in behalf of the measure. Much of 
this discussion centers on the attitude of 
the small merchant, and many who speak 
or write upon the question seem to assume 
that the community owes the small shop¬ 
keeper a living simply because he is a 
shopkeeper, without considering whether 
he is rendering a reasonable service for 
what he gets. If the small merchant will 
(iffer for sale the goods which the people 
of the community want, and at prices they 
are willing to pay, he will find a market 
for his wares; but, if he cannot do this, 
or will not, the sooner he is out of that 
business the better. If we can buy what 
we want to better advantage from Ihe 
catalogue houses than from the local deal¬ 
er, we have a perfect right to do so: and 
any legislation backed by combinations of 
these dealers and their allies, the express 
companies, by which they hope to compel 
us to buy where they wish, is essentially a 
game of holdup. But, if the local dealer 
renders to the community a needed service, 
he will get pay for what he does in the 
form of a fair profit regardless of what 
the postal regulations may be or may 
not be. 
The greatest trouble with the small mer¬ 
chant is that he buys his goods third or 
fourth hand—that is, after several profits 
have already been added. They thus come 
to the consumer at a price higher than 
most of us can afford to pay—especially 
when we are getting for our produce only 
about 35 cents on the dollar, while the 
remaining part goes to the middleman 
and the transportation company. 1 have 
written this because so many Congressmen 
are offering the opposition of the small 
merchants as a reason for opposing the 
parcels post. As a matter of fact, I am 
able to discover very little real opposition 
on the part of these merchants; but I 
have a shrewd suspicion that such op¬ 
position as they do made is being greatly 
exaggerated by the express company Con¬ 
gressmen to cover up their own activity 
and the schemes of their clients. 
Vermont. rusticus. 
R. N.-Y.—Last week, on page 541, we 
gave the statement of a New York country 
Storekeeper. This man claimed that the 
country stores save the country communi¬ 
ties, and that without them farm values 
would fall. According to him, farmers 
ought, to be willing to pay higher prices 
for goods in order to keep the country 
stores ! You will see that “Rusticus” gives 
the opposite argument that farmers are 
justified in buying where they can make 
the best bargains. We believe a fair par¬ 
cels post would be an advantage to these 
storekeepers and enable them to keep a 
more varied stock of smaller articles. There 
is no doubt that many Congressmen hold 
up the “country storekeeper” like a man 
of straw to hide their real fear of the 
express companies. 
LIVE STOCK NOTES. 
Oats and Clover for Pigs. 
I have sown oats and clover for pig 
pasture—little fellows. When is best time 
to lx-gin pasturing it, when oats ripen or 
before? J. w. B. 
Missouri. 
We should start the pigs just as the 
pods are forming on the peas. They will 
(lean up most of the crop and give the 
young clover a chance. 
A Goose-Egg Record. 
I would like to ask the record for num¬ 
ber of eggs laid by a goose. We have a 
white Chinese goose two years old that 
commenced laying September 22, 1909, and 
•has laid 104 eggs up to the present time, 
just seven months. e. h. b. 
New York. 
It is seldom that geese lay more than 
30 to 40 eggs in a year, so that your 
record of 104 eggs Is unusually high. 
Raising Donkeys. 
I have been thinking of raising burros 
or donkeys. We have plenty of rough 
pasture land. Do you think there would 
be sale for them if they were broken for 
children to ride and drive? A lady who 
visited here said they were very cheap in 
some parts of the West. j. h. 
Virginia. 
VVe often receive letters from people 
who want to buy donkeys for their chil¬ 
dren. They are rarely found in the East. 
We judge from correspondence that there 
would be a fair demand for donkeys so 
broken that children would be safe with 
them. 
The Pheasant'Nuisance. 
At the last regular meeting of the Web¬ 
ster Grange, held April 1(1, the pheasant 
was discussed, and one of your subscribers, 
in compliance with your request for evi¬ 
dence, whether the birds are a nuisance 
or not to the farmer, led the discussion. 
The subject was well discussed, and it was 
shown beyond a doubt that the pheasant 
is a decided nuisance and a detriment to 
the farmer. It was voted to inform the 
editor of The R. N.-Y. that this Grange 
considered the pheasant a nuisance, and 
that the Grange favored an open season 
for hunting in order to rid the country 
of the said nuisance. 
New York. mrs. w. d. jones. 
A Cat Record. 
While we are speaking of champions on 
four legs, let us remember the cats. The 
record seems to be held by a Maine cat 
which covered 80 miles in two days and 
carried a four-weeks-old kitten half way. 
This cat is said to belong to Mrs. Ann 
Grant, of Waterville. Here is the story: 
"The Grants moved from Stetson to Water¬ 
ville, 40 miles away. Not wanting to be 
bothered with a month-old kitten. Mrs.' 
Grant gave it to a neighbor. Then the 
mother cat was shut in a box and carried 
to the new home here, after arguing in 
vain to have her baby taken with her. 
When the family arrived here it was dark, 
but the cat as soon as she could escape 
from the house started for Stetson. Two 
nights later she walked into the house in 
Waterville with her kitten.” Tin 1 ques¬ 
tion is, do you know of a feline Weston 
that can beat it? 
Worms in Horses. 
Several years ago we discovered a simple 
and safe cure for worms. My pony was 
troubled with them. We fed her raw 
onions, one or two a day for two or three 
days. She will eat them the same as ap¬ 
ples. The other horse would not, so to 
overcome the difficulty we cut an apple in 
half, rubbed it well over the onion, and 
the horse ate it greedily. After the first 
one, she took the onions plain. We have 
tried this in dozens or cases of worms 
with other horses, and the result has al¬ 
ways been satisfactory. To my mind, it 
is better than dosing with medicine. it. 
We never have tried onions for worms; 
but it seems possible that the strong flavor 
of this esculent may prove noxious lo the 
parasites. Raw potatoes are quite effec¬ 
tive in ridding colts of worms, and should 
be tried at the present time in those 
States where they are so cheap that people 
are feeding them to cows and other ani¬ 
mals. It would be well for others to try 
the onion cure and report results through 
this paper. a. s. a. 
Percheron and French Draft Registry. 
In The It. N.-Y., page 531, I notice your 
answer to an inquiry about the French 
Draft Registry Association, which does not 
explain Ihe matter fully. Before any stud 
hooks were started in this country for 
imported French horses, some of the oldest 
importers called their horses Normans and 
some called them Pereherons, and later on 
two books for registering French horses 
were started under these two names. Later 
on the two books were combined under the 
name of l’ercheron-Norman Stud Book, but 
as there were no draft horses in France 
called Norman, the l’ercheron men insisted 
on dropping the Norman. This divided tlie 
importers again, and one faction stood by 
the Percheron book and the other called 
their book French Draft. The Percheron 
people insisted that horses recorded in 
their book come from a small district 
called the I’erche, and the French Draft 
men insisted that horses bred the same, 
but foaled outside this little province were 
entitled to recognition, and included a 
larger territory, together with the La 
l’erclie district. At present there are three 
Percheron stud books in the United States 
recognized by the Government, besides the 
French Draft book, one French Draft and 
one Percheron book in France. Stallions 
and mares must be recorded in one of these 
books lo be allowed to enter this country 
free of duty. For the success of the East¬ 
ern breeder of draft horses, it is not so 
vital which stud book his horses are record¬ 
ed in, as the quality, finish, style and 
action of the stock he is producing. 
E. S. AICIN. 
Trespassing Stock. 
A neighbor allows his cows and hens to 
trespass on my land. What should I do? 
New Hampshire. n. s. 
You should write a formal letter to your 
neighbor demanding that he fence in his 
cattle and liens, keeping a copy of the 
letter. Enter into some agreement as to 
the erection of a suitable division fence. 
A person is not obliged to fence along a 
highway, but must keep his cattle at home. 
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