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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 19, 191S 
Among the Children 
IIoi'O wo have anotlior group of chil¬ 
dren’s pictures wliieh cai'ry us into all 
j)arts of the country, and give us a 
glimpse of Summer and Winter. Take 
those four children who live in Central 
.\(‘W York and are on their way to school. 
Many of our people have heard of him. 
It is a long jump from showing those 
children in the snow to the Summer scene 
at Fig. .■>;■). Here are a couple ot ‘V’’ostcrn 
hoys engag(Hl in what flu'y call ‘'th» oliinly 
art of self-defence.’’ They won’t hurt 
'riien at Fig. .”.7 ve can see the Hope 
Farm hoys starting off to sell a load of 
fruit and i)otatoes. That’s old Hoh hitched 
to the wagon. lie is an old veteran and 
thoroughly understands his job. You see 
one end of the old stone house with the 
vines and shrubs in front of it. Those 
boys brought back about -$10 as the pro¬ 
ceeds from their load, and a good share of 
that will be invested in war stamps. 
to bring in a load of supplies. Whatever 
he does will he done well from the looks 
of him. and here we have one of the com¬ 
ing farmei’s who will help set agriculture 
right up on its feet. 
And tiled take that young stock grower 
at Fig. .‘M. This is Harlon Briscoe and 
he is five years old. It looks as though 
he made a good start with the black and 
white cattle, and this is probably the 
The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties. Fig. 33 
The Hope Farm Boys and Old Bob. Fig. 37 
'I'hiise who have just gone through the re¬ 
cent blizzard will realize how thest; chil¬ 
dren need to be well wrapped and well ft'd 
in order to light off the cold. They look 
its though they would nuike short work 
of the supjtly of food they carry in those 
baskets. This is a good picture of the 
early Winter in Central New York. If 
that i)icture \vere taken now, these chil¬ 
dren would be going through snowdrift.s, 
or wailing up to their wai.sts in order to 
get to school. 
A Young Holstein Breeder. Fig. 34 
'I'licn take that group at Fig. ;>(>. That 
was taken in Kentucky and represents 
the As])inwall family at Cedar Springs 
Farm. They tell me the colt’s name is 
Cinco—Spanish for five. The children 
.vhown, beginning at the left, are 10, 7, 
and V2. and down in that country they 
are not troubled with the snowdrifts 
which now cover New York State. The 
man in this luctui-e is probably put in for 
good measure. He is F. E. Aspinwall. 
each other, for the gloves are soft, and the 
muscles are not yet hardened, but it is 
good exercise, and they are having some 
fun out of it. 
I’erhaiis we may be criticized for put- 
iug in the picture at Fig. oO, yet we pre¬ 
sume these little pigs might be classed as 
Most of us would be willing to let the 
bees alone, hut Geraldine Haggerty of 
Pennsylvania, who appears at Fig. 25, 
page 71, is not afraid of a bee. They are 
real live bees, and she is helping tramsfer 
them to a new hive. There are a good 
many girls and women who know how to 
foundation of a good herd which he will 
develop in the future. It is a fine thing 
for a boy to have a calf or a colt of his 
own, so that he can bring it up, develop 
it tlu'ough his own skill, and then feel that 
it belongs to him. It looks like a safe 
guarantee that if this boy has a calf it 
will belong to him, and will not be taken 
away and sold after he has put his life 
into it and made it a fine animal. 
These pictures of children are coming 
in, and we are glad to have them. We 
A Tin Pan Soldier. Fig. 38 
want to give the little folks a chance, so 
let us have them from all over the coun- 
Young Ladies and Gentlemen from Kentucky. Fig. 36 
children after all. They are comfortable 
and Avcll content with life. Some smart boy 
will take a jiig out of this bunch, fatten 
him up well and make some money at sell¬ 
ing him a little later on, and that’s why 
in these war times a pig is a good com¬ 
panion for a boy. 
handle bees, and who make some little 
jtrofit by doing so. A bee woman is cer¬ 
tainly a useful citizen. 
Then there is that little man at Fig. ,38. 
He has got his mother’s dishpan, and is 
either carrying it in to help wash the 
dishe.s, or else he is going to the garden 
try. Here we can get together and com¬ 
pare notes and pictures. 
The be.st young stock on any farm will 
be the children. They deserve a front 
seat—the older i)eople can see things over 
their heads. 3’ell the story of the children 
in pictures and you will give the best cur¬ 
rent history of the human race. 
Manual Training in the Manly Art. Fig. 35 
The Citizens to Feed the Army, Fig. 39 
