RURAL NEW-YORKER 
473 
Another Side of “Farm Labor” 
In nnrJwor to F. K., ]):i<>:e So, and two 
othor iiKiuirors in earlier issues of your 
paper, 1 rentml my farm of 20 acres in 
Florida. inedudinK whatever equipment 
was on tlie place; also included were 
the household goods, bedding, dishes, linen, 
everything complete, to a man and wife 
hailing from Pennsylvania, for a rental of 
S-IO a year, more as a caret.aker of the 
properly. 'J'here were 200 young bearing 
oranges and 12 old pear trees on the 
place. All fruit was given to this tenant. 
All cultivation of the groves and fertilizer 
was at my expense. There was also an¬ 
other small grove of 175 trees which I 
had set out for a friend. This made an¬ 
other source of income for the ten.-int. I 
am employed in tlu' government service 
iind wished to spare no ('xi)enso for the 
ui)keep of this property ; being 2,(X)0 miles 
away I could hardly look after it. After 
I got .away they wanted to buy it on long 
time. After occupying it one year, turn¬ 
ing everything into cash possible, beating 
the neighbors out of sums up to .$25, these 
“back-to-the-landers” skipped out to an¬ 
other State, owing me the entire year's 
rent, and at this distance I don't know 
how much besides. I have now .another 
tenant who only i-ents the house and barn, 
and he regularly i)ays me $10 per month. 
I ladieve there are people who can, and 
Avill, make good, given the chance, just as 
there are farm owners only too willing 
to help these people, but can ],and-<iwners 
expect much from people who seem to be 
year after year moving from farm to 
farm? They do not treat farming as a 
strictly business proposition, for any 
farm management to be successthil must 
be conducted like auy other properly con¬ 
ducted affair; that is, on intelligence, 
character and four scinare. They should 
have had experience in creating more than 
a living from the land; otherwise they 
become poorer, as well as the farms. 
Canal Zone. c. k. rookhs. 
The Old-fashioned Game of Quoits 
'The game of quoits was j>robably 
■played more by our fathers and gi-and- 
f.-itbers than it is by boys of today, but 
it would be a great mistake to say that 
it is now out of date as a game. Hun¬ 
dreds of countrj^ boys still find it a fa¬ 
vorite form of recreation, perhaiis for 
no other reason than that it d<‘vek)ps 
strength of arm, accuracy in throwing, 
and general bodily vigor. The only things 
necessary for the game are the quoits 
tbemselves and a couple of iron or 
wooden pegs to throw at. When the regu¬ 
lar circular quoits of iron or rubber can¬ 
not be obtained, many boys will use horse¬ 
shoes as a substitute, and although the 
boy who uses the latter cannot at once 
show the same skill in changing to quoits, 
be would better begin playing with horse¬ 
shoes rather than never i)lay <iuoits at :ill. 
In .selecting the prop('r distance for 
throwing, a boy has 1o be guided largely 
by his own strength. The regulation dis¬ 
tance is fiO feet, but very few men are 
able to hurl a lH/4-pouud quoit this far 
when they first begin playing. The best 
method for the beginner is to commence 
with a shorter distance—40 or even 25 
feet—and then gradually Avork up to the 
regulation distance. It is amazing how 
quickly a player acquires strength and 
skill to throAV (pioits a distance he Jiever 
dreamed possible on the start. 
The method of scoring in this game is 
very simple. Let us suppose that the 
two playei'S have each tbroAvu their tAA'o 
quoits. If one has succeeded iu ringing 
the i)eg Avith one of his' quoits, he is given 
three counts for this feat; but if his quoit 
only leans against the outside of the peg, 
the (pioit is called a “leaner” and the 
player is credited Avith tAvo counts. I’er- 
haps, however, his quoit is not nearly so 
close to the peg; but as long as it is the 
nearest of all four quoits its throAver is 
alloAved one count, and iu the same Avay 
tAvo counts if both his quoits are nearer 
than his opponent’s. In order to win a 
game one boy must get a total score of 
11 counts before the other boy. From 
this fact one can readily see hoAv much 
fun there is in a game Avhere tAvo players 
are so closely matched in skill that their 
scores stand even. 10 (o 10. just before 
the last throAV for the Avinning count. 
PAX'L A. I). IfOYSItADT. 
School Law in New Jersey 
(' 
an you giA'C me any information of Iioav 
far they can com)tel a girl to Avalk ro 
school? 1 live betAveen tAvo tind three 
miles from any school, and it is impossible 
at tins time for me to hitch U)) a horse 
to driA'c her to school. liaA'ing no help, and 
about l.S or 10 be.ad of cattle to take care 
of. besides making butter and running a 
milk route. It ktaqis me hard at Avork 
from morning till night. IIoav old does 
,‘i girl huA'e to be by Iuaa' in Xoav .Tersey to 
be able to leave school? j. is. 
The Ncav .Jersey l.aAvs proA'ide that 
Avhere a child is remote from a school 
transi)ortation may be furnished. There 
have bei'ii v.arious opinions as to Avhat 
constitutes remoteness. Age (ff the child, 
condition of the roads, etc., are taken into 
consideration. .lust AA'hat shall constitute 
remoteuess lies Avith the board of educa¬ 
tion to determine. It also lies Avith the 
county .superintendent of schools to ap 
proA’c the necessity, the cost and the 
method of transportation. J. S. does not 
give the age of his daughter. If she is 
under 14 years of age she cannot be ex¬ 
cused under the child labor hnvs from at¬ 
tending school. If she is above 14 and 
under 16 she may have Avorking pai)ers 
granted her, provided she has com))leted 
at least the fifth grade in school, or its 
equiA’alent, and proA'ided .she has a certifi¬ 
cate from the medical ius))ector stating 
that the condition of her hejilth is such 
that she Avould not be injured by the Avork 
she is attempting to do and. jn-ovided fur- 
tlu'r, that she has been in attendance at 
sehoid during the prin-ious year for at 
least I.'IO da vs. 
hi 
hii ve 
Homemade Beehives 
^^'ilI someone tell me Iioav to build bee- 
A-es, proi)er sdze, dimensi-ms. etc.? I 
i fcAv SAvarms of bees in boxes, 
Avhieh are unsarisfatcorv. and I Avant 
something better. I don’t Avish to buy 
fam-y-madc. high-iu-ired hives, costing 
more than the value of the honey I might 
_ -T. b. X. 
I doubt if one can do bett<'r than to 
purtdiase a f:ictory-made IiIa'c of standard 
pattern to use as a imxlel. if he Avishes to 
make hi.s oavu hives. He Avill then be 
able to purchase litting.s, if he Avishes to, 
Avith the assurance that they Avill fit. 
The bees, themselves, lay doAvu no rules 
for the con.struction of their quarters; 
they are equally at home in holloAV ti'ee or 
nail keg, but the man aa’Iio att('mpts to 
handle them Avith either pleasure or profit 
AA'ill find his AA'ork greatly .simi)lified if 
certain standard dimension in luA'es and 
fittings are folloAA’ed. There is a “bee 
.space,” for instance, Avide enough for .the 
passage of bees, but not Avide enough to 
encourage the building of spur combs. 
Hther dimensions have-been Avorked out in 
practical experience, and it is Avise to use 
them. They are not patented, but cannot 
Avell be given in the space available here. 
The best plan is to luiA^e a Avorking model 
and to folloAV it closely. Some of the 
refinements of f;ictory-built hives, such as 
dovetailed, or locked, corners, need not 
necessarily be copied, but size and dimen¬ 
sions may Avell be. yr. R. n. 
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danger of an accident from back-kick. It also gives a quick 
start of the motor, because the spark can be advanced 
full without danger of back-kick. 
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How many Ford owners do you know who 
have carried their arms around in slings for 
a couple of months because their crank han¬ 
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broken already'it simply means you have been 
lucky. Your turn may come tomorrow. 
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you can get insurance against such accidents? 
Your wife and daughter will welcome the 
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it enables them to start the Ford without 
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and remains motionless in your 
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broken arm 
from 
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proposition. 
CARSON 
MANUFACTURING 
CORP. 
537 E. Main Street 
Richmond, Va. 
PRICE 
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$9.50 in Canada 
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TINE-LABOR 
MONEY AND 
BUTTERFAT 
AS AWARTIME 
ECONOMY 
Never was there a time when it 
'was so important that you get every ounce 
of butter-fat. With cream and butter commanding top 
prices you actually throw good money away when you waste 
the smallest particle of butter-fat by old-fashioned methods 
of separating or by using an out-of-date model separator. 
Get a Galloway Sanitary Separator 
Then you know Tpositively that 
you are skimming clean, right 
down to the last drop. My new 
1018 separatorisnotjustawarm 
troatherskimmer.When your cows 
'are on dry feed it will skim iust 
as close as wli^'n the cows are pas¬ 
turing. In cold weather you are 
not 80 particular if your separator 
doesn’t skim up to rated capacity. 
But in the Bpring and summer when 
the grass is green and the milk flow 
is heavy you want a separator like the 
Galloway. A few minutes saved in the 
morning and evening mean just 
that much more time in the fields. 
On the Trap Line 
(Continued from page 400.) 
.straAv, Avhich makes it nice and AA'arm. 
The cold north Avinds are hard to keep 
from biting their little noses, A\-hich are 
pretty keen of the human scent, and by 
no means Avant to get iu the Avay of the 
deadly steel gun, Avhich the more suc¬ 
cessful trajiper aLvays uses iu case of an 
emergency Avheu he sees a nice little fur- 
bearer sueaking for shelter under some 
of its little holes. We very seldom set 
in, holes, but place your trap about three 
or four feet from it, bait it, and Avbeu 
be comes out seeking for food he is in 
the deadly jaAVS of the little trap iu Avliieb 
is always ready for its prey. 
CIIAKLES S. I’KKKI.NS. 
Sold Direct to you from My Factory! 
And the best thing about my wonderful New Sanitary, next to its 
perfect skimming qualities, is that the price is right. A too cheap s^a- 
rator is not economy. It’s just as bad to pay too little as too muon. My 
Banitary is in the class of the best macuines, hut is sold at a fair price 
because you can buy one direct from my immense factories at Waterloo. 
This plan saves you the difference in price. I cut out all waste and sell 
you at the rock bottom factory price. Examine the Galloway Sani- 
.-tar y thoroughly. Test one for 90 days. Note its strong, sturdy base. 
Bia, roomy, eeamlcsa supply tank of pressed steel; Heavy tinware; Sani- , 
tary bowl; its self-ceDt^irii^ neck bearing; and aimple but effective two- 
piece lower bearing. Then look at the diHCs which separate from each 
other for washing. Takes only a few of them to skim a lot of milk. 
Cream pail shelf and bowl vise combined in one.with hinge for low¬ 
ering. fibcamine its bcHcal drive gear; high crank shaft (just ^ r. p. m.); 
A, tegular Jar™ bearings. 
Its high carbon steel worm wheel shaft; oil bath and sanita^ drip pan. 
'Writs fOrFraS Book gSouce-Get the big ms spring catalog, 
■■■■aw iwi s w«swi\ Find out bow much you can save when 
Foubuy direct—not only on Separators, but on Spreaders, Engines. 
Tractors and other implements as well. Close shipping points 
savo you freight. O. A. Vick says: * *I like your separator just 
fine. I think it is as good as they can be. If 1 were to buy an- 
other* 1 would not want any but a Galloway.** 
WM. GALLOWAY, Praaldent 
Wm. Galloway Co.vj^rgRiLoor*owA” 
90 
Day 
Trial 
Money- 
Back 
Guarantee 
21 sets HyaV ro w qJ motors 
fils. Otfly 'Iu tractor un- 
threshes, AUs silos. 
loaded. 
hauls, 
shreds. 
“You say the auto sti’uek you aiul sent 
you flying?” “Yes, sent me flying.” “Did 
it haA’e on it any distinguishing murk?” 
Yes, a placard reading, ‘Join the Avia¬ 
tion Corps.’ ’*—Louisville Courier-.Tour- 
nnl. 
I 12-20 
Siza 
^engines 
«ay°o get'he‘^iaTi>o'^‘’® *'’* 
af uniform swed Runs 
cranking. easy. .\’o 
SPREADERS 
The best of its kind and lightest 
in draft; patented roller feed; steal 
b<!alcr; V rake; automatic stop; 
uullormcleau-outpu«hboard;stroug 
tongue; double chain drlve;8preada 
from four to twenty-four loads per 
acre. — 
Low Down 
Light Draft 
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