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25»c RURAL NEW-YORKER 
tap of fho liatohot on the cabha.iro crates .^o on apace. 
Tin: WOMAN WITH THE IIOE.—At ciitht o'clock 
Klanchc. ^Mack's wife, comes over to .say that she can 
.si)are a few lunirs to tiglit weeds, mostly imrslane. 
in the tomato fields. It looks like* a i)nny effort, om* 
lone woman hoeinir in a seven-acre field, hot if is ;i 
case of “every little helj>s,'’ and all off('rs of lahoi’ 
■thankfully received. ' 
('ITY \'lsrr(Ht.—As I work an auto stoiis. a 
finite usual occurrence, and an elderly city man who 
Trxfiiif/ Seed Corn Ueiircen Flannel Fir/. 216. See 
Fade 
earlier had got a few bori‘y plants for his garden, 
comes in to imiuire as to the fate of the straw’berries. 
I itause a few moments for civility’s sake to explain, 
then resume my work while we talk. We chatted a 
long time, he explaining how he had been brought 
up on a farm, had been caught in the drift of the 
fide cityward, and never saw his Avay clear to return. 
Evidently he was i)rosi)erous. but there was a note of 
re;il regret in his tone, and suddenly he excused him- 
.self for interfering with woi’k. remarking th:it he 
could “talk farming all day.” 
IIAKVESTIXE THE r’AKBAEE.—During the 
morning my wife made various excursions to the 
garden ])atch, the results of which .showed latei-. Once 
oi' twice 1 was called to admlr*' some new flevelop- 
ment among her flowers. At lOrl.l T drove the last 
nail of the (id crates I meant to i)rei)are, and Mack 
finished his task about the same time. Those dO 
crates <if cabbage are scheduled to be ready for de¬ 
livery truck to haul for boat trausimrtation at 10:.“0 
the next da.v. and as it is an entirely new^ turn in 
our trucking pi-ograiii there is no time to lose. Mack 
i:' directed to turn in the mule and then help with 
the cabbage. As the patch is clo.se by, Avith smooth 
roadAvay. it seems best to haul Avith the little auto. 
Avith i-ack attached holding eight barrels, u.siuilly 
used for distributing cabbage on the home mai'ket. 
1 run out the machine, then fake my knife and be¬ 
gin to cnt. Almost ever.v head is mature, .so T pass 
bf'tween tAA'o rr)ws. cutting both, stepping backAvard 
and dropping the heads on cut-off leaves to keep them 
clean. Soon !Mack ai)pears to carry out. In 120 
minutes 150 cabbages have been guillotined, their 
heads lying in a neat I'ow. A few minutes later all 
are stacked in the rack. Avhich is full and heaiied 
high. It is 11 o'clock and dinner time. Mack is 
dismissed and I take in the load. The southbound 
mail is nearly due. and a business letter needs to 
be mailed, so I visit the post oflice a second time be¬ 
fore going to dinner. Du the Avay 1 note tAvo tour¬ 
ists Avith a camera loitering on the bridge. Ac¬ 
costing them, I proj)o.se photographing the cal)bage 
field and find them eagerly and ideasantly accommo¬ 
dating, promi.sing to look into the po.ssibilities pres¬ 
ently. 
DINNER.—At fable the results of my Avife's visif.s 
to the garden shoAved in an array of dishes of <-ab- 
bage. ]>otatoes, peas, beets and tomatoes, and as a 
finishing touch, a straAvberry pie, Avhile on the side¬ 
board. Avaiting to be labeled for Summer, mark you. 
not Winter use, are neAvly canned choAv-choAv. ))ick- 
led beets, sti'aAA:berries and straAA-berry ))reserves. 
Avhile sauerkraut from- unsalable cabbage is jtlanned 
as an addition to-morroAv. The Avhy of canning for 
Summer use, here, is a chapter in itself. 
ITIOTOGRAPHY AND CABBAGE PACKING.— 
Dinner over, there is no time .iust now for relaxation 
or rest. 1 go out at once and find the tourists ma- 
neuA'ering for photographic position in the <'abbage 
field. 1 join them and at their .suggestion Ave “camou¬ 
flage” a bit. b.A- planting two good heads in as many 
vacant places to secure a more perfect ificture. You 
Avill And the result in Fig. 220, page -142. By this time 
it is 12 o’clock, and Mack and I ti-y our hand at pack¬ 
ing. The heads are large, and at first it .seems impos¬ 
sible so to pack them in the tAvo-section barrel crate 
j'.s Jiot leave undue vacant space, but avc soon find 
that usually fl heads on each side properly selected 
a.ml placed Avill turn the trick. So 1 pack and Mack 
nails up. Soon Ave have the first load packed and 
our job looks easier. Four more loads are brought 
in and i)acked, 52 crates during the afternoon, Avith 
another load ready to pack in the morning. So when 
five o’clock, (putting time for the hired man. come.s. 
Ave knoAv we have the job fairly in baud. During 
the afternoon there are the divei-sions and inferrup- 
tions of a ])arty of tourists to inquire for straAv- 
berries. .and a neighbor to invite us for an auto ride 
to Miami tomoi'roAv evening. 
(’DNTINFlNfJ WORK.—T said it is quitting time 
for the hired man. but there is still daylight, and 
under the circumstances T feel there is none to lose. 
The Aveather looks settled, and so to make good 
against some unexpected dela.v on the morrow, I 
decide to cut cabbage to expedite Avork in the morn¬ 
ing. Time, tide and transportation Avait for no man. 
In the dusk of evening the cabbage heads fall fast. 
I’he light fades in the Avest, a feAv fii-efiies tAvinkle in 
fhe deepening tAvilight. but the Avork goes on by the 
dim light of a bright half moon overhead. In other 
mood (here might have been a disjmsition to “blues.” 
but just noAV the jileasure of handling a successful 
crop and the game of cutting a certain amount, dis- 
l)el all gloom, but I x’efiect that even the sidendid 
Florida sunshine is not ahvays insurance against the 
blues. When the tomatoes freeze, and the straAv- 
berries, like the Arabs, “quietly st(>al awa.A-,” there 
are times Avhen the lu’oposition to “consider the lilies. 
(he.v toil not—” seenrs doubly atti-active. But I 
tried the “toil not” theory once, renting the land for 
a year stfter a particularly discouraging crop failure, 
and, “never again.” The “blue devils” just settled 
doAvn permanently to roost. 1 have concluded the 
best croi) ever groAvn is hope, and for me it thi-ives 
noAvhere so Avell as in the free air and o]>en sun¬ 
shine. 
THE END OF THE DAY.—Finally the last lu'ad 
drop.s. 1 go to feed the mules, impatient at Avait- 
Testind Seed Corn in n Flat. Fid- 211. See pad<' 
ing longer than usual for their supper. Going to 
(he house I take the usual bath and find supi)er 
Avaiting. After supper a look at the clock shoAvs it 
is 7 :15. For half an hour 1 relax in an easy chair. 
Avhile m.v Avife lanids from the local j)aper among 
other things a scathing editorial as to the advi.sabil- 
ity of Brussianizing democracy, and a number of 
bi'and-neAV regulations that the poAvers that be have 
imposi'd on (his i)art of an ovei--regulat(al and utterly 
distracted Avorld. n. n. iiartmax. 
March 2:1, 191 .s 
he is a very fortunate man to have in his employ 
a man Avho Avill take the interest in his Avork, and 
put in the long hours, and plan to make money for 
liis employer as he Avould for himself: a man Avho 
is contented, satisfied Avith his home and surround¬ 
ings. and is not looking clseAvhere for a job on 
AA'hat might seem the slightest provocation; for most 
certainly the i)o.ss has some right to dictate and 
direct his oAvn Avork: even though it does not meet 
Avith the apjtroval of the employee. I am confrontcMl 
Trealind Seed Oats lo Prevent Smut. Ftp. 21U. 
See Fai/e J J2. 
with the very j)i’oblems hei'cwith set forth, uotAvith- 
standiug the fact (hat I pay as folloAvs: 
Fifty dollars monthly for a year, and .$40 monthly 
for the man’s IO-.a’ ear-old son. A good house and 
garden, potatoes, vegetables, and fruit. There is 
al.so fine fishing in the creek running through the 
farm. I furnish and f(^ed all the poultry, as man.v 
as they care to handle, for half the eggs, and half 
the increase, Avhich may be sold at the markets 
near by jR ii v«*ry high price, and the proceeds di¬ 
vided e<iuall.v. also tAvo hogs as good as the man is 
able to raise. 'I'he man oavus his oavii coaa', Avhich I 
feed, and Avhile tin* coav is dry milk is supplied 
from the herd. He has the jn-ivilege of jiicking up 
all dead and fallen Aveod for fuel, and a hor.se and 
buggy to drive Avhenever so disposed. About tAA’o 
AA’e(>ks vacation duiang the year Avithout loss of time; 
and the sum of 25 cents ]ter meal is paid for the 
board of all extra help. 
^ly f.irm consists of 120 acres. 20 acres in corn, 
.To acres in oats, 10 acres in barley, 25 acres in 
moAving. and about 10 acres in hog pasture and 
fodder coiai. and 20 acres in pastui’e. I furnish the 
best of teams and e(iuipment to do this Avork. 1 
milk about 20 coavs, ami take the milk every morn¬ 
ing one mile and a half distant. I raise from .SO 
to 40 Spring jiigs and sell them in the Fall as 
feeders. M* baiais are etpiipped Avith the very 
latest and modern conveniences, and the barnyard 
gate oi)ens into the ]»asture. So far I have been 
unable to find Ind]) sufliciently (pialitied and inter¬ 
ested to mak(» farming a very i)aying proposition. 
Du Rage Go.. 111. av. s. av. 
Drying Corn Under Glass 
Gan you give me information regarding the drying 
• if corn nnder glas.s’? My plan i.s to use acreage of it. 
liossibly five aore.s. planted in installments. 1 may 
liave accessible a greenhouse formerly devot(‘d to rose 
culture which we can u.se for evaporating or drying. 
My plan is to make the convenient racks, cut the corn 
off the cob in the milk, drying it simply by sIoav heat 
and evaporation (on days Avhen the sun shines, not 
cutting Avheu it is cloudy or rainy if possible). By 
this method one Avill .save the expen.se for cams, ma¬ 
chinery and labor for canning, drying it completely, and 
later selling it in packages or in bulk to hotels or 
large msers. When it is ready to use, it is .simply soaked 
as one would soak beans, then conking it as you Avould 
fresh corn, and, judging by my boyhood appetite of 
former year.s. it was superior to fresh corn. 'The rea.son 
it is a superior product is simply due to the f.act that 
it can be cut Avith discrimination—not too hard or too 
soft, and as the heat closes it up, it retains almost all 
of its nutriment. If some of your readers have had 
sptvific experience along this line so far as the glas.s is 
concerned (I understand the rest of the method) it 
may be not only helpful to me but to many others, as 
it should be economical, not requiring artificial heat or 
any other expense except to keep it stirred and turned. 
One [loint of information desin'd is whether the light 
throughout the day or during the time it is drying or 
the snn heat will be too strong through the glass. 
Ncav Jei'sey. L. li. -X. 
This is a poav •uk' to us. but may be old and 
fanitiliar to some of our readers. AYe Avoiild like to 
hear from any of them about it. We have described 
the method of drying coim in an evaporator by arti¬ 
ficial heat several tinu>.s, but this method of grtnui- 
house or glass heat is a neAv one. Will it AVork’.' 
There is no qm^stion about the heat devtdoijed in 
this Avay. I’oAver for Avorking a laimping engine has 
been develoited liy placing a coil of ])ipes inside a 
hotbed Avith double glass. When the pipes AA’ere 
filled Avith Avater a bright .sunlight raised the Avater 
teinp(‘rature to boiling. 
Farm Labor Problem in Illinois 
EPTA^ING to your editorial (page 2SS), con- 
cei-ning the satisfied hired man aa’Iio tells his 
story on page 29.5, I do not question the Avisdom 
of that Ohio farmer Avith three farms, but do think 
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