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1'HtC RURAL NEVV-VORKER 
December ID, 
THE OHIO “ CORN BOYS.” 
Their Visit to New York. 
Part I. 
[We have told our readers about the 
groat army of boys and girls from Ohio 
who started out to see the wonders of 
the Atlantic Coast. These young people 
had won prizes at growing corn and 
other crops, and Ohio saw that they had 
their reward.] 
T HE PARENTS’ VIEW.—Bankers 
opened their purses, business men of¬ 
fered awards and subscriptions were 
secured in the neighborhood, enabling 
350 boys and girls to make the trip with¬ 
out paying a penny from their own 
purses. Four hundred more boys raised 
good corn, sold it to father and from the 
proceeds paid for the trip. Their fathers 
paid them well for their effort, and these 
boys were as proud as the ones who had 
won prizes. “Our boys and girls will see 
the city, and they will want to return,” 
the Buckeye farmers said regarding the 
first corn trip. Secretary Sandies and 
T. P. Riddle had much of this kind of 
opposition to face. Some farmers even 
told the boys they could not spare them 
from the farms for a week, because there 
were so many night and morning chores 
to do. Little of this talk came to the 
surface this year. 
City Versus Farm. —Of nearly S00 
boys and girls on the trip only two were 
attracted by the glamor and tinsel of 
the cities. “Would you like to live in 
Washington, New York or Philadelphia?” 
was the question asked boy after boy 
and girl after girl on the trip. The ques¬ 
tion was put squarely to the older peo¬ 
ple on the excursion. With the excep¬ 
tion of two boys who did not like to 
milk, and who had automobile ambitions, 
all said: “No city for me, give me the 
good old country. I want to get back 
home, I’m tired. I want to see father 
and mother, I want to see baby brother,” 
the boys said. I dropped in with the 
Ohio boys Friday in New York. The 
boys were bewildered by the mysterious 
grandeur of New Y'ork. As Prof. Ilar- 
bourt pinned the Buckeye badge to my 
coat, it brought good luck the whole day 
long. I caught the spirit of the boys as 
we walked up Fifth Avenue. 
Sights Of Tiie City. —The Bronx 
was perhaps most interesting. “How 
old is that buffalo?” the boys shouted as 
they passed one particularly aged speci¬ 
men. "He’s older than the rocks in the 
Bronx,” the others replied. A grizzly 
stood on his hind feet with paws on the 
iron grating and gazed at the Ohio corn 
growers. The boys and girls gave pop¬ 
corn to the elephants and they made up 
faces at an ugly lion. “Forty minutes, I 
wish I had a week here,” the boys said. 
An hour later the, Ohio corn growers 
were grouped before the City Hall. May¬ 
or Mitchel told them the great city was 
interested in their corn production, and 
Ex-Mayor Seth Low said 25.000 people 
from the Buckeye State lived in New 
York, and from Ohio comes the stuff that 
wins. Many boys and girls had tired 
necks and weary eyes as they looked to 
the top of the Woolworth Building. 
Many of these thought the silo at the side 
of the barn had invaded the sky close to 
the dead line. All were surprised at at¬ 
tention received on Broadway, where 
traffic was stopped in respect and to pro¬ 
tect the corn boys of Ohio. The trip up 
the East River, under the old Brooklyn 
Bridge, the Manhattan and Harlem 
Bridge, down to the Bay. up the Hudson 
past Grant’s tomb, and the great ocean 
steamers were sights not to be forgotten 
by the boys. 
“How did the boys act at the tomb of 
Washington?” was asked Colonel Har- 
bourt. “They took off their hats, and 
stood in deep reverence,” he said. “The 
boys showed respect for all sacred places, 
they were quiet, cordial and attentive in 
the presence of the President, of the Sec¬ 
retary of State, and the old Liberty Bell 
of Philadelphia produced a profound im¬ 
pression. The Secretary of Agriculture 
came out and talked to the boys and told 
them we needed greater production: the 
population increased by many millions 
while production stood still. 
Tired Sightseers. —As night came in 
New York, the boys and girls were tired. 
“I do not want ‘to live in the city, I 
would not come to the city,” the boys 
agreed. “I have seen enough of it. I 
would rather take the trip than spend 
a week at the agricultural college; I 
have seen so much that I am tired. Now 
I know nothing better than the old home, 
and two or three good night's sleep,” 
they said. I asked several under whose 
direction the boys were placed, what the 
results would be in keeping the boys on 
the farm. They said: “When boys go to 
the city, it is because they know nothing 
of it. They are thoroughly tired of it 
and the impression will remain through¬ 
out their lives. 
“I want to get back and see my Short¬ 
horn steers and my pigs,” one boy said, 
as he marched with the crowd from the 
Hippodrome to the great Pennsylvania 
station. “I enjoyed the trip, but the 
farm and the agricultural college for me. 
I used to think that I wanted to go to 
the city, but no more for me.” One girl 
said she would rather have gone to the 
agricultural college this year, than make 
the trip. This girl is Miss Susan Ever¬ 
ett. champion apple girl of Ohio. Miss 
Everett has been hired to assume the 
management of an orchard a hundred 
miles from her home. This she will do 
the coming Summer after she completes 
her high school course. Miss Everett 
said: "I didn’t know anything about 
fruit growing until Professor Harbourt 
came to our school. We had a two-acre 
orchard and the trees were in frightful 
shape. I secured bulletins, and read 
about fruit growing. Papa questioned 
my ideas a little bit, but now he comes 
to me and asks me everything. I would 
rather stay right on the farm and tend 
to the little orchard than to live in the 
city, and we want to know more about 
apples and fruit.” w. j. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Lameness. 
I HAVE a horse 11 years old, whose 
right foreleg is somewhat weak. When 
standing in the barn he keeps it 
stretched out most of the time, but while 
working nothing seems to be the matter. 
He has plenty of exercise; his feed con¬ 
sists of corn and he has oats and bran 
occasionally for a change. Has salt be¬ 
fore him all the time. Can you tell me 
what the matter is and a remedy? 
New Jersey. c. s. 
As the horse “points” the foot when 
at rest you may be sure that the lame¬ 
ness is located there. As the lameness 
disappears when the horse exercises the 
trouble may be navicular disease, or the 
horse may have corns. Without making 
an examination we cannot make sure 
what is wrong, but if corns are not found 
present we should clip the hair from the 
lioof-liead and blister several times at 
intervals of two or three weeks. Use a 
mixture of one part of powdered canthar- 
ides and three parts of lard as a blister. 
Rub it in for 15 minutes by the watch 
and then tie the horse up short so he 
will not be able to bite or rub the blis¬ 
tered surface. Wash the blister off in 
three days and then apply a little lard 
daily. The blister will not injure the 
hand. If corns are causing the discom¬ 
fort have them pared down and the walls 
lowered at the heels so that they will not 
come in contact with the shoes. Then 
put on bar shoes and if possible let the 
horse run on wet pasture. Blistering the 
hoof-head, as already suggested, helps in 
chronic cases, to stimulate growth of new 
sound hoofs with better spread heels. 
Weak Cow. 
I HAVE a cow that is five years old; 
she freshened nearly 11 weeks ago. and 
to all appearances did well until 
about five weeks ago when one night I 
found her lying down. .She made two or 
three efforts to get up, but she acted as 
though she was stiff and did not want to 
move. A veterinary pronounced it rheu¬ 
matism, and left medicine for her which 
I gave as he directed, but she kept get¬ 
ting worse; could hardly get up. A third 
veterinarian said she had , artial para¬ 
lysis ; he prescribed for her, and I have 
been using his medicine, for more than a 
week. The cow seems a trifle better. She 
has at times a discharge from her nose of 
a white slimy appearing stuff. She is 
growing poor and is gradually drying up. 
What is your opinion of the case? 
Ohio. E. ii. 
The first thought in such a case should 
be tuberculosis and the cow should be 
tested with tuberculin as soon as the 
weather is moderately cool. The test can¬ 
not be properly applied in very hot weath¬ 
er. Meanwhile do not use the milk. We 
cannot confidently prescribe treatment, 
without making an examination, but if j 
the cow proves to be free of tuberculosis \ 
it would be well to give fluid extract of 
mix vomica in increasing doses. Iron and 
quinine also would be indicated as tonics. 
Your veterinarian will supervise such 
treatment, if she does not react to tuber¬ 
culin. 
Harness Sore. 
I HAVE a horse about IS to 20 years 
old. vood old skate, but with one bad ; 
fault. He is used for light loads, not 
exceeding four miles per day, and even 
with padded harness develops sores, evi¬ 
dently due to the harness chafing. These 
sores are slow to heal, and lay old Toni 
up for weeks more on account of their 
ugly looks than anything else. What 
can you recommend in the way of treat¬ 
ment of this evidently tender-skinned 
animal? F. M. 
New York. 
The old horse will be likely to renew 
his youth and regain a sound, plump 
skin if you feed a quart of blackstrap 
molasses night and morning, diluted with 
three quarts of hot water and then 
stirred up with cornmeal, wheat bran 
and cut hay. Feed whole oats at noon 
and long hay at night. Have his teeth 
attended to by a veterinarian to start 
the treatment. Toughen the skin by 
bathing night and morning with strong 
white oak bark tea. or strong alum water, 
or a solution of half an ounce of tannic 
acid to the half gallon of water. Keep 
harness clean and dry. a. s. a. 
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bo’n, and aftah they’s daid!”—Washing¬ 
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