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■She RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 20, 1917. 
Farm Women’s Experience Club 
“Ttti{kp;y Day” —Every oi)eratinn on 
the farm has its own lesson, iind turkey 
(lay is no exception. This is a turkey¬ 
raising section, tliat is, many farmers’ 
V w'es keep a few turkey hens, usu.illy 
from three to ten, and i-aise what tur¬ 
keys they can. Sometimes only four or 
live survive tlie struggle with unfavor¬ 
able weather, lice, cats, dogs, skunks, 
foxes and human maraudei's. A flock of 
.")() is considered large. As each hen lay.s 
at least 20 eggs and sometimes twice 
that number and nearly all are fertile, 
one can see a little of the discouraging 
I)!irt of turkey-raising. Before the holi- 
day.s, “turkey day” is held in various 
towns where the buyers meet the farmer.s 
with their loads of turkeys. In the three 
nearest towns this year on the first mar¬ 
ket day the i)rice was 22 to 2S cents 
a jfound ; the second day, 2S to 22 cents, 
and on tlu' third day, 25 to 2S cents was 
the ruling price. There is no doubt that 
t(‘ni])er and morals tfi find, some Sunday 
morning, a button off (U' a stocking with 
a holf in it. Therefore the housewife 
will find it helpful in the end to take 
time to look over the clean clothes care¬ 
fully as they are folded to put away and 
lay aside any that need stitches. Mend¬ 
ing never seems (piite so formidable if 
it is .sorted beforehand. Put stockings 
and socks to be darned in one bunch, 
articles needing only buttons in another, 
and -those with rips and holes to be 
jiatched in another pile. Then take the 
button-box and select a button for each 
ini.s.sing one. I have a special little box 
of pearl buttons, as they are most in 
demand, and keep it where two-year-old 
doo.sn't find it. She seems to consider 
the big button-box hers “on demand.” 
Pieces of cloth for patche.s may bo 
looked up, cut out and pinned in jdace. 
Then when one sits down at the sewing 
machine, the rips and most of the patch¬ 
“The.Checkered Schoohouse.” The district could not agree on the color, so they painted white and red 
the 2S-cent turkey of the first day was 
just as good its the 2S-cent turkt'.v of 
the third day, but that is one of the 
faults of distribution. One farmer gets 10 
cents it pound h'ss for Ji product that cost 
just as much to raise as the other man s. 
All turkeys have the head off and the 
insides drawn. It is a very good plan 
to weigh the turkeys very cai’efully on 
tested scales just before starting to m.ar- 
ket, because, curious to relate, some buy¬ 
ers will balance their scales before your 
eyes, weigh your turkeys, and they will 
run .short, so it is best to know for cer¬ 
tain what they weigh in your own boxes. 
Hence it is good practice to pack the 
turkeys in clean, stout, jjaper-lined boxes 
and to be prepared with covers, hammer 
and nails and addresses of commission 
houses, so that if you and the buyer.s do 
not agree, you can ship the turkeys. One 
of the producers who shipped her turkeys 
this year cleared 40 cents a pound. Our 
own ('xi)erience in the past has been that 
it is bettor to ship than to sell to deal¬ 
ers on the market. But you have to take 
chances on warm weather, dishonest 
dealers, etc. With corn at .$2.25 to $2.40 
I)er hundred it was hai’d to be generous 
at feeding-time, but it must be done 
nevertheles.s, for it is the even, well- 
fattened hunch of turkeys that bring the 
best price and the highest profits. 
Tkying Out Earp. —Heretofore one of 
the most disagreeable jobs of butchering- 
tirne has been the lard-rendering. We 
used to cut up the fat with a knife, put 
some water and the fat into a kettle and 
then enjoy (?) the smell of the trying- 
out process for hours, stirring fre<iuent- 
ly to keej) from burning, and finally 
Avound up by having the sticky, greasy 
kettle to wash. ’Phis year Ave put the 
coarsest knife on the meat-chopper and 
quickly cut uj) the leaf lard, put it into 
the kettle Avithout Avater and set it on 
top of the range for a fi'Av minutes un¬ 
til the grease began to melt freely. It 
was then set OA'er the fire, and in a little 
oA-er an hour Avas ready to strain and put 
UAvay. Very little stirring is necessary 
r.nd the kettle is easy to clean. An ea.sy 
AA'jiy to clean such a kettle is to take 
a Avortbless old rag or a handful from 
the rag-bag. Avipe off every bit of gi-ease 
you c.an and throAV them into the fire, 
then Avash as usual. 
A Stitch Tx Ti.AtE.—Mending has a 
Avay of accumulating in large families 
and it is surely very trying to good 
es may be sowed Avithout getting up to 
search for a patch for each garment. 
Where there are children old enough to 
help, mending-day is good fun, for an 
older boy or girl can do the plain ma¬ 
chine Avork, the little ones can sew on 
buttons, and the rest can darn, Avhile 
mother does the planning and the more 
difficult parts. And each one is glad to 
see the pile of mended garments groAV 
and is proud to jtut her oAvn away in 
good order. I used to knoAV a little girl 
Avho didn’t mind scAving up a Avhite gar¬ 
ment Avith black thread rather than both¬ 
er to change the bobbin for Avhite, and 
she preferred to Avear her apron Avrong 
side out rather than rip a button off 
Avhich she had sewed on the Avrong side. 
But she does better noAV. 
MRS. G. A. VAX DOREX. 
More About Rural Schools 
On page 155!) you speak of rural 
school.^. Each district should have a 
rei)resenlative on the board of education 
Avho lives and sends his children to .s<diool 
in that district. That .should also apply 
to ro.ad districts. Each road district 
should have a rei)resentative on the board 
of freeholders, not have them all residing 
in one district. If The B. N.-Y. can be 
instrumental in helping this to become a 
laAV you Avill have accomplished some¬ 
thing indeed. S. M. C. 
New .Tersey. 
I found on page 1550 an article on 
the imral school question, which is a 
])lea for the retaining of the rural school. 
This article is illustrated by a picture 
of the rural school (Fig. 004). This 
picture in itself is a great argument 
against the rural school as it uoav exists. 
A glance at the picture is only neces¬ 
sary to .show that conditions in this 
school are atrocious. You Avill note that 
the only light coming into this room is 
from the extreme rear left side of the 
I)upils. It is evident, from the shadow 
cast in the picture, that the ppi)ils are 
also facing the light. IMost educators 
Avill agree that .se.-its should be so ar¬ 
ranged that j)upil.s are not comi>elled to 
face the light, and that there should be 
plenty of light coming in over the left 
side. If the picture is true to conditions 
it shoAvs there is not a pupil in the en¬ 
tire room receiving light in the jiroper 
manner. Furthermore, the conformation 
of the room is api)arently such that there 
is no possibility of arranging the seating 
so that pupils can secure proper light 
for their Avork. c. A. m’cue. 
DeluAvare Experiment Station. 
When you buy a 
chopper see that it 
is the “Enterprise” 
with four-bladed 
steel knife and per¬ 
forated steel plate. 
Tiien you are get¬ 
ting the chopper that 
cuts and slices meat and 
other food, and doesri’t 
mangle, rend, tear or 
squeeze out the juices. 
Meat chopped with an 
“ENTERPRISE” 
Meat-and-Food Chopper 
retains all its original 
flavor, all its nourish- 
I r - '’tegy I rnent. Therefore when 
^NTERPRi l^ chop sausage meat 
or other meats or foods use the 
“Enterprise” Chopper. Made in 
sizes for all purposes. 
No. 5, Family size, $2.00; No.10, Large size, $3.00. 
Your dealer can supply yon. Look for“Enterpnse” 
on chopper and see the knife-and-plate. 
If you want a lower-priced chopper ask for “F.nter- 
prise” Food Chopper. Has four cutters. Small 
size. 51.25; Family size, 51.50; Large size, 52.25. 
*'^he Sinterprisins Housekeeper^'*—a new hook — 200 
tested recipes and household hints. Sent for 4c in stamps. 
THE ENTERPRISE MFG. CO. OF PA. 
Department 70 PHILADELPHIA i 
Donit you 
piefei* 7i 
LET US TAN 
YOUR HIDE. 
Cattle or Horso hide, Calf, Doe:, Deer 
or any kind of Bkin with hair or lur on. 
We (an and llnish thorn right ; make 
them into coats (for men amt won>en), 
robes, ruKS or trloves when ordered. 
Your fur poods will cost you less than 
to buy them, and be worth more. Our 
llluatratod catalog pives a lot of in¬ 
formation which every stock raiser 
should have, but we never send out this 
valuable book except upon request. 
It tells how to take olf and caro for 
hides; how and when we pay (he freight 
both ways ; about our safe dyeinp pro¬ 
cess which is a tremendous advantape 
to the customer, e.specially on horao 
hides and calf skins ; about the fur 
poods and pamo trophies wo sell, taxi¬ 
dermy, etc. It you want a copy send us 
your correct address. 
The Crosby Frisian Fur Company, 
5^1 Lyell Ave., Rochester. N. Y. 
Maybe where you 
now live every- 
thingis frozen up 
—in winter’s grip 
Roads snowdrifted 
Bare fields, bare 
trees 
Stock eating their 
heads off in 
costly shelters 
Coal pile getting 
low 
Can’t keep warm 
Ears frostbitten 
Fingers numb 
Br=r=r=r/ 
Only three or four 
days /away, by 
quick Santa Fe 
train, is a sunny 
land, where the 
world is different 
Fai*m hu$Y 
eveiy day 
lie 
* 16 $ 
§i*eeii%I< 
Rttnifyeejoy 
Bui'n little 
fuel 
Weai* li§lit 
clothing 
Somedilnjah^ 
m^tofaxtlset 
Wbik ea$y 
fov all 
Jantiaiylike 
May 
Won’t jcoabvrite 
to=day for our 
San Joaquin 
Valley land ^ . 
folder {California) ? It’^ full of 
fact^,full of pictures. 
It tells alt about bohat_f'armers llKo you 
are doing out there—■hottt they maKe^ooA 
money raising alfalfa andbuheat, apricots 
and oranges ; hoto they succeed in dairying 
and ti-Oe stocK,, -Vineyards and orchards* 
Only cosis you a postcard inifuiry, 
Santa fe personally-conducted tourisl- 
car parties lessen travel cost, 
C. L. Seag'aves, Indxistrial Commissioner 
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. 
£285 Railway Exchange, Chicago 
NEW YORK STATE FARMS 
Tell us what kind of farm you Avant and 
liow much cash you can pay down, and we 
Avill prepare purposely for you a list of just 
such places in many parts of the State. 
THE FARM BROKERS’ ASSOCIATION. Inc.. ONEIDA. NEW YORK 
Other offices throughout the State, 
Fertile Virginia .Farms 
along Chesapeake & Ohio Rwy. 
at $15 an acre and up. Easy terms and quick profits. 
Mild climate, rich soil, abundant rainfall, i)lenti- 
ftil and cheap labor. Convenient to Eastern mark¬ 
ets, also to pood schools and churches. Write for 
free illustrated booklet of farm homes just far 
enonph South. Address K. T. OR AW LEY, 
Indus. Apt., C. & O. Rwy., Room .‘i29, Richmond, Va. 
Potatoes Paid for 
Farm—$700 Profits Too 
A farmer did this with his first potato crop In 
Eastern North Carolina. Land selling at $15 to 
55 5 pcracrc produces like 5200kind. Big yields 
early truck—50 to 75 bu. corn per acre. Live 
stock needs little eheltei—long grazing—cheap 
feed. Abundant rainfall—nearby mar¬ 
kets Personal attention given settlers 
—Write me. 
W.T.Kyzer. na.AnT.hlORFOiff. 
20-D UNION STATION SOUTHERN! 
£RN 
£|i 
Virginia Farms and Homes 
FltKE CATALOGUE OF SPLENDID BARGAINS. 
li. II. CHAFFIX A CO., liie., lilc-hmoiid, Y'a. 
Va.; N.C..W. Va.;Otlio. Hd.r FARMS 
Unrivalled opportunities exist for the poultry, truck, vegetable and 
fruit farmer in these favored communities. Mild, open winters and 
long growing season, with abundant rain-fall, assure you of pro¬ 
fitable returns for your labor. Good markets and excellent trans- 
{ )ortation facilities at your door. You can obtain rich, fertile farm 
ands here at $15 an acre and up. Write for full particulars today 
•—learn how you can sucecd as others have, in these ideally 
situated localities. 
F» H. LaBaume, Agr’l Agent, N. & W. Ry, 
21 l.N, &, W. Buildiag Roanoke, Va. 
$ 
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Raise High Priced Wheat 
on Fertile Canadian Soil 
Canada extends to you a hearty invitation to settle on her 
FREE Homestead lands of 160 acres each or secure some of 
the low priced lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. 
This year wheat is higher but Canadian land just as cheap, so 
the opportunity is more attractive than ever. Canada wants 
you to help feed the world by tilling some of her fertile soil 
—land similar to that which during many years has aver¬ 
aged 20 to 45 bushels of wheat to the acre. Think of the 
money you can make with wheat around $2 a bushel and 
land SO easy to get. Wonderful yields also of Oats, Barley 
and Flax. Mixed farming in Western Canada is 
as profitable an industry as grain growing. 
The Government this year is asking farmers to put in¬ 
creased acreage into grain. Military service is not com¬ 
pulsory in Canada but there is a great demand for farm 
labor to replace the many young men who have volun¬ 
teered for service. The climate is healthful and agreeable, 
railway facilities excellent, good schools and churches 
convenient. Write for literature as to reduced railway 
rates to Supt. of Immigration, Ottawa, Can., or to 
0. G. RUTLEDGE, 301 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
Canadian Government Agent. 
