RURAL N E W-Y O R K E R 
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DIBBLE’S 
Seed Farms 
' comprise nearly 2,000 acres ot 
the choicest lands in Northwestern 
, New York from which we ship direct 
to you but one, and that the best quality 
of Farm Seeds grown in America. 
10,000 bushels D.B. Brand Alfalfa, Clover 
and Grass Seed uniformly above 99.50^ 
Pure. Northern grown, hardy, full of vigor. 
35,000 bushels Seed Oats, heavy, weighing 
45 lbs. per bushel, grain bright, thoroughly re¬ 
cleaned, enormously productive, many (fourcus¬ 
tomers reporting yields of over 100 bushels per acre. 
20,000 bushels Seed Corn, every bushel 
Northern grown, acclimated, suited to Northern 
conditions. Best 8 varieties, Flint and Dent for 
Crop and Silo. Tested in our own Laboratory for 
Germination and Moisture content, average germi¬ 
nation above 95^, the highest grade obtainable. 
50,000 bushels Seed Potatoes, Pedigree 
Slock. Best 15 varieties, in any quantity, from 
barrels to car loads at lower prices than the 
same quality can be purchased for elsewhere. 
Dibble’s Farm Seed Catalog 
Dibble’s New Book on Alfalfa Culture 
and ten samples Dibble’s Farm Seeds 
FREE 
Edward F. Dibble Seedgrower 
S —I Honeoye Falls, N. Y., Box B 
>wer 
Headquarters 
for Farm Seeds 
GRASS SEED m 
Pure Qualities. Wonderful values. Profits divided with 
customers. Clover S8.25 per bu. Timothy 52.25. Alslke 
Clover and Timothy 54.00. Sweet Clover 53.75. Alfal¬ 
fa $7.00. Other seeds In proportion."' All sold subject 
government teat under an absolute money-baek guarantee. We ^e 
epeeialists in grass and field seeds. Send today for pur big profit* 
•naringr. money-aavinff SEED GUIDE which explaioa. AH free. 
American Mutual Seed Co., Dept. 660 Chicago, Ill 
SEEDS 
Our seeds are selected and cleaned to 
beWEEDLESS and free from dead grains. 
They will go much farther than ordinary 
field seeds, nearly always addii^ enough to 
the crop to pay for themselves. Samples and 
catalog inc]udlng**lIow to Know Oood Seeds’* free. 
Writ* today. O.M.SCOTT A SO.irS CO., 40 Main 8t.,MarysTlHe,0. 
Clover Seed 
Our high grades of Grass seeds are the most care¬ 
fully selected and reclejined. Higliestiii Purity and 
Gerinination. W^'e Pity the freight. Catalog and 
8(iini)!es Free if you mention tills jiaper. 
CLICKS SEED FARMS, Smokelown, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
SWEET CLOVER for PASTURE 
Prices and Cireular on request. 
E. BARTON, Box 29, FALMOUTH, PENDLETON CO.. KY 
OATS .... 
TIIK<). HURT & sons' 
SENSATION; Pecord yielder. Extra fine seed. 
Also SEED CORN. Samples and catalogue free. 
Melrose, Ohio 
O A X ^ SIBERIAN, SWEDISH SELECT. OHIO 8453 
OHIO 202. Selections from O. A. K. S. 
TViite for samples. R. 0. EVANS & SONS, Venedocia, 0. 
COLLINS’ SEED 
>lelds buinj>ercrops. Finest*strains 
of profit varieties, proved atnl 
Impr-ivetl I*y leais of selection. 
Get our lO-day test offer 
Arthur J. Collins & Son, Box 77, Moorestown, N. J. Book Free 
CORN 
GLOVER 
AtWHOLESALE 
We save you money. 
Buy now before ad- 
_ ___ vance. Crop short. We 
expect higher prices. 
Don t buy Field Seeds of any kina until you see our 
samples and prices. We specialize on Guaranteed quality, 
tested Cjover.Timothy, Alfalfa, Sweet Clover and Alsike; 
sold subject to your approval and government test. Write 
today for samples .special prices and big Profit-Sharing Seed Guide. 
American Mutual Seed Co., Dept. 160, Chicago, Illinois 
CLOVER AND GRASS SEEDS 
Selected carefully for Purity tind Germination. 
Rearaiessliarley—SeetlOats—.SeedCorn. State 
your wants ;ind a«k for Samples. Catalogue Free. 
The Eikenberry Bros. Co., Hamilton, Ohio 
TOMATO SEED-NewStoneasiiGreaterBaltimore 
Pound postage paid, IL.'iO. Hooking orders for Sweet 
Pot.’ito and other Vegetable plants. Send for de¬ 
scriptive list. II. AUSTIN, P’elton, Delaware 
Q|?PT\ Yellow Hint type. .Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Circulars free. 
-wwawi cilAS. TA.N.NKR.Pleas.ntValley.N.Y. 
QTRAU/nCDDV Dl lUTC Kverbearing and June varie- 
OltTAnDCntVl rLAniOtie.s. Also Raspberry ami 
l!lackl>err.v j)lauts, Asparagus roots and Sweet Potato 
seed. Catalogue free. M. .N, ItOILGO.Vliieinnd, N. J. 
siRtwBERRr PUHIS 
Catalogue Free. Basil Perry, Georoetown, Delaware 
SmallFrilitPlanh from the Vermont hills. Aiiva- 
0 lldlirruiiridnis yietje.s. Absolutely hardy and 
plants free from crown gall or otlier diseases. Cat¬ 
alog free. Geo. D. Ailcen, Bo.x M, Putuey, Vt. 
Atiock Farms Strain ASPARAGUS SEED 
S5 per 1 b. A. R. Randolph, Bound Brook, N. j. 
5,000,000 STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
at $1.90 to $2 per 1,000 
Fr.ank Knowles of Oliio says “ your J'lants are as 
good as I have paid $8 per 1,000 for.” Catalog tree 
tute today, c. S. PER DUE. Box 21, Showell, Md. 
Luring’ 1,000,000 Strawberry Plants 
Tou .sliould get our prices to-day sure. We can save 
.'ou money on the Everbearing varieties, as well as on 
sorts. Our i)lants are Hardy MICHIGAN 
uitnw N. We growthemon good soil, and this assures 
you or the best, at lowest pi'ices. We guarantee to 
please you or return your money. 
henry KMUONG a- 80X8, Stcvensvllle, Mleli. 
100 Strawberri^ Plants $1.40 Pafd 
Superb. We introduced proflrre»afve. 
70 cts..postpaid. Catalog 
au apout the New Evex^earere and other impotent varieties. 
C. H. FLANSBURGH & SON, Jackson, Mich. 
The Township System of Schools Proposed 
for New York 
Part II. 
Cox SOLI DATiox.— Does the town.ship 
system mean the consolidation of the 
rural schools? There are many people 
honestly opposed to consolidation. There 
are many who oppose the township sys¬ 
tem Avho iLse this fear of consolidation 
to clinch all their arguments against the 
measure. It i.s said that it will be im¬ 
possible to transport the children to con¬ 
solidated schools. Before rural deliv¬ 
ery was introduced there were many 
who scouted the idea of the farmers ever 
having their mail delivered at their gates, 
but it is being delivered. There will be 
days when it Avill be impossible for the 
children to reach a consolidated school 
even with transportation provided. There 
are days when they cannot reach the lo¬ 
cal school. xVs a matter of fact where 
consolidation has gone into effect the 
attendance at the con.solidated school has 
been better than the combined attend¬ 
ance at the former local sclfools. We 
forget that consolidation of schools has 
been going on for nearly half a cen¬ 
tury. There are not as many rural 
schools ill this State today as there were 
25 years ago and it is safe to predict 
that there will be fewer 25 years from 
now than there are at the present time. 
Many of the rural schools have so few 
pupils that the teachers cannot arouse 
the »enthnsia.sm and interest that comes 
from competition. In a very few of the 
rural schools the number of pupils is so 
great, there are so many classes, that 
the teachers cannot do justice to all. 
The only reasonable solution seems to be 
consolidation. If a district with 30 pu¬ 
pils, a district with 10 pupils and a dhs- 
trict with five pupils were combined and 
one building used instead of three, two 
teachers employed instead of three, the 
public money formerly going to the three 
disti’icts used in this one district, there is 
no reason why the combined schools 
should not cost less than the three sep¬ 
arate schools; there is no reason why 
the forty-five pupils in the one school 
should not receive better imstruction 
from the two teachers than when they at¬ 
tended the three separate schools. fVm- 
.solidation is a tendency of the times. 
Manufacturers combine to secure great¬ 
er efficiency. The successful farmer buys 
more farms and consolidates them under 
a single management, his own. However, 
the township system does not mean con¬ 
solidation. Under the townshii) system 
when public sentiment says that a di.s- 
trict should be discontinued it will cease 
to exi.st because of this sentiment and 
the same statement is true today, under 
our present sys'tem, when a community 
feels that it is not good policy to re¬ 
tain the rural school it is given uj). No, 
the township system is not another way 
of saying consolidation. 
The AVestern System. —Those who 
write and speak against the township 
.system for this State often refer to the 
systems^ of some of our Western States. 
There is one very important differenee 
between the township systems of these 
Western States and the proposed system 
for New York State. The basis of tho' 
WeA'tcrn systems is a consolidated school 
while in the hills introduced in the Legi.s- 
lature of our State, the question of con¬ 
solidation is left to the people to de¬ 
cide and the existing school districts are 
not disturbed. 
I’ROi'OSEi) Leoislatiox.— Perhaps a 
brief summary of the last township hill 
introduced in our Assembly last Winter 
may be of interest. This' bill was not 
pressed for passage as it was consid¬ 
ered best to give the people time to 
study the measure and be able to express 
their opinion as to the form it should 
finally take. This bill provided for a 
town board of education to consist of 
seven members, elected by the qualified 
voters at the annual school meeting held 
on the first Tuesday in >Iay. The term 
of office of tlie members of this boanl 
shall he three "j ears and they .shall have 
control over all the schools in the town 
excei)t tho.se located in union free school 
districts having a population of 1.500 
more. If a majority of the voters 
living within a union free school dis¬ 
trict having a population of 1,500 or 
more, favor having their school come in 
under the town board of education, the 
town board shall then submit the mat¬ 
ter to the voters of the town living out¬ 
side <)f the union free school district, 
and if a majority favor the proposition, 
then all the schools of the town shall 
be under a single town board of educa¬ 
tion. If in any town there are two or 
more union free school districts, each 
having a population of less than 1.500, 
the district superintendent of the district 
in which the town is located shall issue 
an order dividing the town into as many 
units as there are such union free school 
districts, and designate those rural 
schools which .shall be associated with the 
union, free school in each unit. In a 
town in which such units exist there 
shall be separate ))oards of education 
for each unit, elected in the .same man¬ 
ner and having the same powers and 
duties as the hoard of education for the 
entire town. Provision is made whereby 
the school hoards of these separate units 
may sid^mit to the voters of their re- 
.spective units this proposition, ‘“Shall all 
the schools of the town be placed under 
the jurisdiction of one town board of 
education?” Tiio.s. u. stokl. 
ALDWIN S BERRY BOOK 
T 
This Instructive Guide 
tells you how to get Big Crops of 
Raspberries, Blackberries, Currants. 
Fall-bearing Strawberries Our Specialty. 
Grown for plants only in new, rich soil, free from 
insects or disease from the famous deep rooted Baldwin 
Plants. For quick, prolific crops of finest quality, our 
plants are famous in every fruit section. 
OUR GUARANTEE —All plants are guaranteed 
to be first-class, true to name, free from disease, 
fresh dug to your order, and money back if you 
are not entirely satisfied. Send today for our 
Big Berry Book of Fruit Plants. 
O. A. D. Baldwin 
R. R. 15 
BRIDGMAN. MICH. 
erri 
Joy Blackberry, St. Regis Raspberry, Van Fleet 
Hybrid Strawberries, Ideal and Caco Grapes, 
Everybody’s Currant, Van Fleet Gooseberry. 
illustrated book of 64 pages tells all about them and describes also all “the 
good old variehes of small fruits. It gives instructions for planting and culture and tells about the 
Alida Lovett Rose that I am giving away. In it are also offered a full line of Superior Roses. Fruit 
trees. Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Vines, the best Nut Trees, Hedge Plants and Garden 
Koots. Send for it today. It is free. Quality unsurpassed—prices low. 39th year—200 acres. 
J. T. LOVETT :: :: Box 162 :: ;; LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 
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Fancy Strawberries 
Bring Big Profits 
P LANT the right kind and grow 
them in the right way. Allen’s 
illustrated Book of Berries de¬ 
scribes all the best varieties and 
tells how to grow them profitably 
for home use and local market, 
also for distant shipping. A ; 
complete guide—this i?17 Book 
of Berries. Send for it today 
—free. 
THE W. F. ALLEN CO. 
72 Market St., Salisbury, Md. 
Profits 
growing SMALL 
FRUITS. $500 per 
A. made per year 
'•Growing STRAWBERRIES. Pay 
for your Farm in one year. Ever- 
bearing Strawberries for garden 
or market all sum mer. Money income all 
summer. Howto growSmall Fruits found 
in Year Book. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
KEITH BROS. Nursery 
Box 200 Sawyer, Michiitaa 
, KNIGHT’S 
Kniffht's Berry Plants procure IiIr crops. Mr. Nord^ 
of Wisconsin says “KniKht's Strawberry Plaiila 
brought me *665 per acre net iast year.” Head alsnit 
it in K.MOli rS 191J CAT.lbOtil E which tells Imw 
to grow Strawlieiries, Kaspherrles, and other small 
fruits successiiilly. .‘send lor a copy. Write today. 
^avid Knight & Son, Box 80, Sawyer, Michigan 
'BERRY PLANTS 
Strawberries 
EVERBEARING AND OTHER KINDS 
Also Headquarters for Rasp. 
berries. Blackberries, Currants, 
Gooseberries, Grapes, Asparagus, 
Fruit Trees, Roses, Shrubs, Seed 
Potatoes, Eggs for Hatching, Crates, 
Baskets, etc. 34 years experience. 
Catalog free. Write today, address 
L. J. Farmer, Box 720,PnIa8ltl,N.Y. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
r-Aoh’it'-X SI .65 per 1,000. June and vallvar'eties. 
• .WortH'''\ Peach trees and othe plants a’low prices. 
•I’jj'ti'.-’A Truthful,Illustrate booktellsall. It’sfree 
MAYER'S PLANT NURSERY, Merill, Michigar 
■ (Bohemian Nurseryman) 
earlier than you ever had before. 
THOUSANDS 
of up-to-date gardeners are making 
big money—you can do the same. 
Don’t be satisfied with a garden 
like the other fellow—beat him 
to it. Have a garden that you’ll 
be proud of, a garden that will 
bring the admiration of your 
friends. No matter how back¬ 
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Send for my Beautiful BOOK FREE. It’s chuck 
full of the latest developments in modern gardening. It 
gives you gardening information found in no other publi¬ 
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earlier than you ever had befSre. Just drop me a post 
card and I’ll send you your copy by return mail. 
TH^^BALj^^flFG^^Oj^^ept^C^^jIenside^Pa. 
INCREASE YOUR FRUIT PROFITS 
Use the “Berlin Quart”—the white bas¬ 
ket. See how much quicker 
your fruit sells for top prices. 
Our free catalog is full of 
helps for fruit growers— 
write today — extra dis¬ 
counts now. 
THE BERLIN FRUIT BOX CO. 
Berlin Heights, Ohio 
C. N. ROBINSON A BRO 
HOT BED SASH 
(jP CYPRESS, wellmada 
11 in with cross bar, blind 
UVU tenons,whiteleadedin 
joints. Glass, $2.00 per Box. 
, Dept. 14 Baltimore, Md. 
^TRAWRFRRY plants —Best Everbearing. Also 
O I HM IlUtnil I standard June fruiting varieties. 
VFRFTARI ALL KINDS. Get my price on plants 
■ LiUl. IMUkUO sent by parcel post, prepaid, and 
special price on large orders. C. E. EIEf.l), Sewell, N. J. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Millions of Healthy, true-to-name plants at whole¬ 
sale prices, ineliidine the ever-bearing kinds. Wo 
guarantee to please you or refund your money. De¬ 
scriptive catalog Freei f. W. JOHNSON S BRO., Salisbury, Md. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS S/?LE 
60 varietios to select from, fneigdm^ the Fall-bearinsr Asparagus 
roots. Raspberry an(i Dewberry plants, etc. Send lor Free 
Catalog. Dept. 2. J. KEIFFORD HALL, F' ‘ 
Rhodesdale, Md. 
CAMPBELL’S EARLY STRAWBERRY 
Tiie Best First Early Variety, A new one and a 
money maker. Oirenlar Free. 
WILUAKI) li, KIL.LE _ Swedesboro, N. J. 
QlrauiharruPlanfo 50,00® Progre.tsive @ t4.75 per 1.000. 
OTrawoerrynanis s. a. vihihn, unrtiy, iiei. 
COLLINS’ FRUIT GUIDE 
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Strong, sturdy peach, pear, apple and cherry 
trees, etc., of the finest proved varieties, at mod. 
erate prices. 
Includes remarkable practical group offers of 
trees, berry plants, vines, garden roots, etc.— 
from 166 for 15.90 to 259 for f7.50. 
ARTHUR J. COLLINS & SON, i«oomT^wN!N. j. 
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