1914 . 
The rura.Iv nrw-yorkirr 
1483 
Three Old Friends On the Farm. 
j»iiiiiiiiiiiiintiiriiiiiitiiiiiiiiii(TiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiMiiiitiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiitiiiitiiiiiiiMiiitiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiniiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiMitiiiii»i= 
• • 
• • 
The Children 
• • 
• • 
u 1 1» 11111 It III i M y I u i II | n 111 11111111111 1 111111 n i r n > 1111 » 111 1 11 n 11 1 11111 > < 11 1 > < 111111 r r n 1 1 n 11 1 11 »» 111 n 11 1 1 »I n 1111 »i n II i » 11 it » 111 1 1111 n 1 1 111111 1 1 n 1 1» 111 t n I n 1 1 1 1111 1 111111 r» m 1 1 1111 «1 1 1 1 n 11111 It 11 1 1 1 1111 » 1 1 » 1 1 1 1»1 1 1 1111 1 n 11111 m 111 n I n n 111 ~. = 
nuiiit>tiiitiiiiimniiiTmiiitiiiitiitii«nfi!if«iiittiiiiiiiiitiiiTiiitittiiitiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiirtiriiittiiii»iiiiiiiifiiniiii>iiiiiiiitiiittiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii»iiii»iiitii(iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittiiiiiuiiiuiiiuiiiititiiiitiiiitiiiiiiitttiiiiiiiiiri? 
when his variety or strain of corn will be 
wanted in the seed trade, because it will 
carry qualities which other growers need. 
Three Farm Pets. 
T HE old fellow in the center (Robin¬ 
son Crusoe) was a mongrel Barred 
Rock. The dignified cock-of-the-walk air 
shown in the picture was acquired in his 
later years, considerable of the first two 
years of his farmyard life having been 
spent in dodging a White Leghorn enemy. 
Whenever the Barred Rock attempted to 
crow in sight of his enemy the latter 
came on a dead run, and the last bar 
or two of the crow was mutilated. Oc¬ 
casionally he stole around in the front 
yard, where the other fowls were not 
allowed, and crowed six or seven times 
in solitude. In the third year his ene¬ 
my departed and then Robinson’s '“palmy 
days” began. lie crowed whenever 
he pleased, was fed pieces of bread, cake 
or other knieknacks and developed a 
philosophy of life near human, as he 
ate the choice bit himself, and called the 
hens only when something of which he 
had doubts—like white beans—was of¬ 
fered. 
The White Leghorn hen at the right 
attracted attention when half-grown by 
her persistent habit of singing. Throw 
her a bit of bread or kernel of corn, and 
as soon as it was swallowed she would 
sing. An attempt to reach her affections 
by the victuals route was very successful, 
as it is with the most of us, and the 
writer made it a point always to have 
something good in his pocket. The hen 
Knitting for the Soldiers. 
What do women knit for the soldiers 
abroad and how and where do they send 
finished articles. G. D. P. 
The women knit mufflers, hospital 
stockings, wristers and men's socks. The 
directions given are endorsed by the Red 
Cross Society. Articles could be sent to 
the Red Cross, the Lend a Hand Society 
or other distributing agencies. The muf¬ 
An Energetic Little Girl. 
T HIS little girl, Anna Ruth Miller, is 
the foster daughter of one of our ten¬ 
ants, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Miller, who 
have reason to be proud of her success 
in winning a fine little Shetland pony in 
a recent subscription contest. The pony 
Ruth Miller and Kip. 
is named “Kip” and it has not only been 
broken to ride and draw a buggy but it 
has been trained to do many interesting 
things. He can go up and down stairs, 
eat from the table with his fore feet on 
a chair or a box, say his prayers, etc. 
Mr. Miller is a born horseman and de¬ 
lights in spending his spare time in car¬ 
ing for his horses, of which he keeps 
from six to ten. Mrs. Miller is a lover 
of flowers as may be seen in the picture. 
They are among the best tenants that 
we have ever had. May the land find 
more of the same worthy class who are 
willing to beautify and adorn the homes 
they occupy for the express purpose of 
getting more of the joys of life. They 
live at “Bellevue Place” and would be 
delighted to show your readers the inter¬ 
esting things that “Kip” can do. 
JOHN L. SIIAWVER. 
the oven, being one of that kind of chil¬ 
dren who simply must be doing some¬ 
thing. Luckily for the cat, the fire was 
out, but the oven still warm, so that 
when Gladys’ mother, hearing a scratch¬ 
ing sound, took the cat out, it was quite 
limp. Gladys thinking the cat dead, 
with mingled emotions of grief for the 
cat and apprehensions of punishment for 
herself wailed: “Oh mamma, will Kittie 
go to Heaven?” Not wishing to hurt the 
child’s feelings her mother said, “Yes, I 
think so.” “Will papa go to Heaven?” 
“Yes, I think he will too.” “Oh mam¬ 
ma, then don’t let Snippers (the cat) 
go, don’t. Dig a big hole and put her 
in it.” 
Another time her mother wished her 
to pick up the baby’s playthings for him 
which he had thrown on the floor. 
Knowing that the little girl was getting 
tired of the oft-repeated task, she sug¬ 
gested that she play Santa Claus and 
give the playthings to the baby for pres¬ 
ents. Gladys looked at her mother and 
said: “Say mother, don’t you think you 
are scheming a little?” 
Granger No. 1.: “Do they have the 
R. F. D. on your end of the State road?” 
Granger No. 2 : “No. we have the B. R. 
D.” G. No. 1: “What’s the B. R. D.? 
Never seem to have heard of it.” G. No. 
2: “Why, that’s Box Rent Due.” 
w. w. a. 
A Young Corn Grower. 
T HE little picture here given shows 
what a 12-year-old boy, rather small 
for his age, did in the School Contest in 
Cape May County, New Jersey. This boy 
received the third prize of $5 for his corn, 
and he is all ready for another contest 
next year. The fodder shows that he did 
a good job for his share of the contest. 
This boy’s father, Arthur W. Sykes, is 
the man we have told about, who has 
had a varied experience in going back 
to the land. He went out first with his 
family, and in order to pay for the farm 
Mr. Sykes enlisted and served Uncle Sam 
in the Philippines for several years. 
There he earned money enough to square 
up the farm, and in the meantime his 
wife had been the partner on the job and 
A Young Corn Grower. 
carried the farm along. When he got 
back they were induced to sell their 
farm and go hack to the city, but busi¬ 
ness there proved a failure, and so they 
went back to the land again, back to 
New Jersey, where they are going 
through the same process of working to 
pay for that farm and provide a home 
and a good property. They are doing it 
too, with the man to earn the cash, and 
his wife as active manager at home to 
see that the cash is properly handled and 
managed. This boy is going to make a 
corn grower, and the time will come 
quickly learned and finally would fly on 
the feeder’s shoulder, riding all about the 
yard singing so loudly that it attracted 
the neighbors’ attention. 
The cat at the left had the usual ex¬ 
perience of farm cats, being buried in 
the haymow, falling into a pitchfork and 
in other ways losing several of his nine 
lives, until middle age, when he settled 
down to a pampered existence. A 
boarder at the farm, who ate supper 
alone, developed the bad habit of feed¬ 
ing the cat morsels of meat when in the 
dining room. The cat soon made the 
mental connection between the food and 
supper bell, and raised his voice vigor¬ 
ously if not let in as soon as the bell 
was rung. He was terribly afraid of 
thunder and at the first grumble howled 
dismally and went for the cellar, where 
he hid behind the furnace until it was 
over. w. n. 
Smart Sayings. 
WO-YEAR-OLD Charlie and his 
mother were spending the afternoon 
in the yard. Charlie had been running 
about in some tall Orchard grass, and 
came back to his mother when she asked: 
“Well dear, did you find any kisses for 
mother?” Charlie answered: “No mam¬ 
ma dere weren’t any in blossum, dey was 
just in bud.” 
Four-year-old Mabel sat looking intent¬ 
ly at her grandpa who is bald and wears 
a long beard, then burst out with: “Why 
Grandpa the hair all growed on the 
wrong place.” 
Little Gladys’ daddy believes in spank¬ 
ings and spankings that give no uncer¬ 
tain sensation—lienee Gladys does not 
care to have her misdemeanors reported 
to him. One day she shut up the cat in 
fler is knit in garter stitch in gray or 
brown, takes one and a half skeins of 
Scotch yarn and is done on No. 6 needles. 
It should be 10 inches wide and four 
feet long, cast on 45 stitches. An easy 
hospital stocking is made on No. 4 bone 
needles, one skein of Scotch yarn will 
make a pair. Cast on 60 stitches, knit 
two stitches, seamed two stitches, all 
across row. Repeat for 17 inches long. 
Then knit one row, seam one row, knit 
one row, seam one row. Knit one row. 
narrow (by knitting two stitches togeth¬ 
er) every fifth stitch. Seam one row, 
knit one row, seam one row. Knit one 
row, narrow every fourth stitch. Seam 
one row r , knit one row, seam one row. 
Knit one row, narrow every third stitch. 
Seam one row. Knit one row. narrow 
every second stitch. Seam one row. 
Knit one row, narrow every second 
stitch. Then bind off and sew up with 
worsted. There is a drop stitch style 
made on four No. 12 steel needles, also. 
The directions for men’s socks are too 
long to give here, but will be sent you 
by mail if you like. Children help by 
making crutch pads 4x5 inches, rounded 
at the corners and padded until %-inch 
thick with the inr><M* piece slightly smal¬ 
ler than the outer piece. Turn in the 
edges and stitch firmly and attach two 
six-inch tapes on each of the longer 
edges. 
“Now suppose, children, one of your 
schoolmates should strike you, and the 
next day you should bring him an apple, 
that would be one way of returning good 
for evil,” said the Sunday school teacher. 
A little girl raised her hand. “Well. 
Elizabeth.” said the teacher, “what is it?” 
"Then,” said Elizabeth firmly, “he would 
strike you again to get another apple.” 
—Ladies’ Home Journal. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
Rural New-Yorker and you'll get a quick 
reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee 
editorial page. :::::: 
Successful growers use 
Brandywine Spawn. Send §1 
for enough to cover 30 sq. ft. Free 
booklet gives instructions anyone can 
follow. 
Black Wall Map of the World 
The Werld and the United States At A Glance 
A Great Education 
At Yeur Fingers’ Tips 
This beautiful Wall Map. size 25x39 Indies. 
On one side we have a complete, up-to-the-min¬ 
ute map of the United States in bright colors, 
showing the Capitols, Railroads, Rivers, large 
cities, etc. It also shows portraits of our 27 
Presidents, and gives their biographies. 
On the reverse side we have a map of the 
world, printed in a deep, ebony black. White 
and colored lines differentiate countries, rivers, 
lakes, cities and mountains. You never saw a 
map as black, as beautiful, as wonderfully en¬ 
lightening as this map of the world. From this 
you may in a single day learn more than you 
could in a year’s study of books. 
Contrasting with the ebony black of the map 
are the flags and the coat-of-arms of all nations, 
in their flashy, exquisite colors. Our own seven¬ 
teen flags are here in beautiful, bright colors— 
did you know that the United States had seven¬ 
teen different flags? 
And then, there's that wonderful Bible inform¬ 
ation. IIow many books, chapters, verses, words, 
letters does the Bible contain? How many books 
are classified as History, Poetry. I.aw. Prophecy, 
Epistles? Which books are exactly alike? How 
many times is the name of our Saviour men¬ 
tioned? In bow many languages is our Bible 
published ? 
Wouldn’t you want to know these things? 
And wouldn’t you want to know the many, many 
other things this marvelous Map of Knowledge 
possesses ? 
The Map will be sent, postpaid, for One New 
Yearly Subscription, or Twenty 10-Week Trial 
Subscriptions, or Two Yearly Renewal Subscrip¬ 
tions. 
The Rural New-Yorker, 333 West 30tli St., N. Y. 
