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The Rural New-Yorker 
rtIK liUS/XKSS FAll.VEjrS PAPER 
A Nutloiial ’W fekly Joiiriiiil for Country find 8iil>urt>nn llomeH 
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IlKUHKHT W. COI.I.INIIWOOI), lYosidfiit niid Editor. 
.IDIIN .1. Dii.rxfjj, Tron-suivr niid (ioiioral Maniifrcr 
I'M. I'. Dim-on, Srerotary. _ .Mrs. E. T. Kovi.e, Aasooiato Editor. 
SUBSCRIPTION : ONE DOLLAR A YEAR 
To forciifii <-oniitiieK in tlio riilvoiwil I’ostnl Vnion, $2.01. onnni (o Ss. Od. or 
h ■(. inarKH, or 10^ friincK. }{oniit in iiioiioy order, cxnrciJS * 
order, )>em»nal eheck or bank draft. 
Knterrjd at New York Post (dUcc as Sc^cond Claes Hatter. 
Adverlisinpr rat<*s. cents |K*r afTsie ijTie—7 wordfi. RefGr<*nccs reniiired for 
lulvertiwi's unknown to us ; dud rasii must accompany transient ordej*s. 
“A KQUAHE DEAL” 
r .1 .1 n. hV. ■; SV'T-'I arf'Hit tlio advi-ili...imr of 
J, li ,ri 'J' ’V", Piiro. wo will make trood any loss 
I ,1, T. V »'iy 'lolibernto swindler, irrosiion- 
« . i iV. .. Yi'ii «<ivortisoniont.s in onr columns, and any 
f inlJ. I-.V ’ exposed. We aro .also oficn called upon 
!• 11 m '|''’'■"■'le<■s or mistakes between our subseribem and honest, 
n"'."'! . ’ advertisers or not. We williufrlv use onr Rood 
t’raniieVi’oos " w' ’ ’‘"f'' e’lses should not be confused'wilh dishonest 
lesiimisn n. r ’ '’','’*7 *' .'iRainst roRUes, bnt we will imt bo 
aESii,. 
ZTAc RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Jtir ;i flood istiidy of rui'jil coiidilions. It seoms ovi- 
tU'iit that tlii.s jairohred Ainoricaii stock no longer 
posses.ses tlio pionetn* .spirit neodt'd to ctiiKpier the 
hills and redeem flieni. Will outsiders do it? We 
think so—and in many oases reap a ricli rev^ard 
for their efforts. At any rale tlie time lia.s come for 
New York ,Shite to “look unto the liills" 1 
* 
T he new draft hill now before Congress calls for 
all men between is and •hi vetirs of 
AuRiist .11, inus 
a good market for the grain. Personally, we sh.-ill 
go ahead and .seed rye in every possible field, as wo 
feel sure the .grain will ht' in demand and that with 
tliO restrictions removed and rye accepted as a wheat 
snlistitnte, the price will run up well with wheat. 
Tlio rye growers should have a fair chance. There 
aro some Jocalities in tlie East where rye is a surer 
and more seusilile crop than wlieat. It is a good 
.grain and makes !i good crop, and there must ho no 
discrimination a.gainst it. 
T 
T\ T >W we would like to know how the Spring 
^ wl)(>at turned out. Last Spring tliore was 
si.me di.scussion aliout this crop, but no one seemed 
to lx* sure. At loiist one big farmers’ meeting pro¬ 
tested ag.iinst tlie “drive” to induce farmers to si'od 
Sjiring wlH'at. Now Imrve.st is over—what are the 
f lets? We iiave Iiad reports which run all the way 
from failure to a .‘iO-hushel yield. Now let us have 
tin* truth ami settle it. 
.\ year iigo T siiw in some paper an offer of a limidred 
dolliiis for a potiilo b.-dl. I have a faint impression 
that t}i(> luipci' was d’liE It. N.-Y. Is my memory cor- 
)"*tV Did yon get tlie potato ball? If not, are you 
’’1 lookin.g foj* 
(’omiecticiit. 
one 
V 
c. ii. a. 
years of age. Tlie 
exact a.ge limit lias not yet lieon seltli'd. There is a 
strong dcniiind to limit Hie ilraft age to 40 years, 
lint llie clninces iire now that Con.gress will ho 
gnid(>d hy the advice of file War Department and 
(all all men np to 4i). This will mean that all he- 
twec'ii IS .and 20 year.s inclusive, and .'12 to 45 years 
must I’egister :ind ho prepared for examination. IMen 
hetwc'en 21 and .'Jl have alrea<Iy been examined. We 
tlu'refore advise all onr readers, who come in.side 
these age limits, to lie prepared for registration. 
Ah soon as Congri'ss actually passes this h'gislation 
President Wilson will announce a Ih'gistration Day 
and on that date all wlio come within the a.ge limits, imriu'd-u]) farnu'rs willi capital, 
must register :ind stand ready. It will be hotter to 
prepare for this and thus not he taken without warn¬ 
ing. There will he no esca]ie from registration and 
liiter examination. This nation has got to raise an 
army of at l(*ast 5.000.000 men in order to tiglit this 
Will- tliroifgh to ii finisli. It is a hideous, awful 
coniliat, Iiut there can now he no turning hack, and 
tlie man power of tlie nation will he test(*d to Hie 
limit. We are facing a stern and serious situation, 
and we must iill stand nii and do our part. Our 
leaders .should watch for the announcement of Itegis- 
tration Day and lie r(*ady for it. 
IIRDT'^ttll parts of the West and .Southwest 
f.anuers sulT<'r(*d terrild.v from drought. Crops 
were destroyed and .stock dic^d, or tho farmers were 
forci'd to sell. ’I'liis was a. local calamity and tlie 
Oovernment cannot afford to have this territory pass 
out of production. I'luTefore the Treasury Depai't- 
nu'iit will make direct loans to farmers and par¬ 
ticularly to livestock k('eiiers. This mone.y will not 
lie f/hvc)i; Hiere must lie security for it, Iiut the point 
i( Hiat Hie Coyernment realizes that in times like 
Hiese it must cut out Hie red tape and h;u-k these 
It is good work, 
and if it is .good for war times it is also good for 
peace day.s. Wlienever the Covevnment starts doing 
a thing of this sort it is nearly impossible to give up 
the habit. 
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\ Aour renders in Sullivan County, New 
V V York—men and women of voting age—witli- 
(lit 
Y 'H' never 
W(* can 
i;<cd(‘d. 'riie 
sccdsiiK'n iind 
saw any such offer in The R. N.-Y. 
easily obtain all the potato halls 
seeds are offered for sale hy many 
any offer of $100 in The R. N.-Y. 
W(»uld soon till the mails with halls. AVe hardly 
know why it is. hut .some of our leaders attribute 
cvi'ry rcmarkalile statement about farming to The 
R. N.-Y. Whenever tlu'.se readers hear of any 
slran.tr(' or new proposition they immediatelj!’ come 
and fry to )int The R. N.-A’’. into hot water. AA'ell, 
fliat'.s <ine good way to clean up the subject. 
* 
T he country schools M'ill soon open, and onr 
]ieoiile will he interested in the two pictures 
on Hu* first pagi*. Now tliat we Imve repciiled the 
old law and once more have local control of the 
rural scliools, it is a jiart of onr business to make 
Hu*.se schools as cii'an and etlicient as iiossilile. AA'e 
must do it in order to prove onr right to local con¬ 
trol. .And while Hie children must he well trained 
in Hu* foundation of (ulucation, we put in a word 
lu'ix* for organized phn/ as well. Tlu're ma.v iie some 
left wild sa.v tlmt life should he all work and no 
jilay. AA'(* do not agi-(*e with Hiem. .Show us a man 
who. in his childhoocl^ never had a chance at care- 
f'(*(* and lu*jilHiy pliiy, and you can always find 
sonu*Hiing liieking in him. The Duke of AA’ellington 
.said Hie liattle of AA'aterloo was really won on Hie 
play.gronnd.s of English sehooLs—where iioys were 
taught order and control throngli Hie rnl(*s of hon- 
<*sr gam(*s. AVlu*n a cliild is taught to oliserve “tho 
nil(*s of the game” and play fair, he g(*ts the first 
lesson in jiersonal control and orderly co-operation. 
'J'lu* Ci'i'man children aiiparently have had no chance 
t< gov(*rn themselves in these .sports and games. 
'l’lu*y do not .go off hy themselves and manage a 
lijill ganu* or a fair rac(j—tliere is someone repri*- 
scnling (tufliorllji always on hand to direct tlu*m. 
'I'liat is one r(*iison why the German nation today 
suhmits so (juietly to autocratic government. Chil- 
dien were never taught orderly .self-governnu*nt 
.tlirougli Hie rules of their play, and the effect of that 
d( feet of childliood is now .seen in tliis war. 
W iO iniiit Hiis we(*k the first of a series of 
articl(*s on “P.ack to the Hills.” Others will 
follow, and we .shall try to give the .snhj(>ct a full 
airing. It cov(*rs one of the hlggeat questions of 
I'ural lilV* in the llastern .States. The census sliows 
that a large iiroixirtion of our rural townships Inive 
h St .sl(*iidily in ixiimlation. For ex.-imiile, these first 
arlicl(>s d(*al with Tioga Goniity, New York, a typical 
sf'ction of Southern New Yhnk, where some little 
Iirogr(*ss has been made in reiiopulating tho rural 
townships. Now, in LSDO Tiogii County had a popu¬ 
lation of 2!».!):i.5. In 1000 this fell to 27,0.51, and in 
1010 to 2.5.024, while in ISSO the iiopulatibn was 
:!2.07::. in loio Ki.I.'IG pooiile were located in the 
iiiral districts. .lust <S7 per cent of the people were 
native whites in 1010—that is, only 18 per cent were 
forei.gn horn. ()nly one other county in the .State 
(ScholiaI'ie) had a larger per cent of native-boni 
inhabitants, 'riuis in this county we have a chance 
1 
called :in 
IIE picture sliown here i.s taken from a AA’iscon- 
sin Exp(*rinu*nt Station liiilletin. It may lie 
(‘ditorial without words. A silo and a 
lieap of lime! 'riiis is the 
great working team needl'd on 
the modern dairy farm. 'There 
iire still a few farmei's left 
who argue against the silo. 
'They say silage will pull the 
teeth out of the cow's mouth 
and that the manure will .sour 
Hie laud. Both claims are dis¬ 
proved liy the experience of 
thou.sands of our be.st dairy¬ 
men. In these lim(*s a New 
York dairy farm without a 
good silo Would he worse off than a railroad com¬ 
pany foiTX'd to use firewood and chips for fuel. .Vs 
linu', 1)0 ]i('r cent of land which lias hc(*n ciilti- 
10 years or more is sour and lime hungry, 
how well you fe(*d it, .siicli soil cannot 
Pile silo and the lime 
for 
vat.ed 
No matter 
do its best until it is limed. 
lieap—two essential things in Eastern farming. 
Every d(*iiosit of iiiiH*.stone in New A'ork should he 
located and held for development as if it were a 
hank. 
A' 
GAIN we ask any iiractical farn^er who is not 
oflicially intere.sted to come forward with au 
argiini(*nt for the New York farmer.s’ in.stitutes. 
AVe ke(']) right at this h(*caii.se it must not lie said 
in Hu* futiii'c Hiat farmers liad no chance to defend 
these meetings. 'Thus far, in spite of all our urging, 
the gr(*at majority of corre.'^pondents do not .seem 
to care whether the institutes live or die. 
thrashing onr rye in this section, we 
a nmior that there will be aiisolntely 
learn 
no (le- 
.After 
through 
iiiaiid for it. and that Hie Government is trying hard to 
lx Ip ns dispose of it at any old price. In' the face of 
this di.sconraging news I hav<* stopped plowing for 
anoHier crop and will not start again until I get your 
advice on Hie matter. c. W. 'x.. 
New A’ork. 
regard to party, to write on their primary lial- 
lots tlie name of Norman AI. Misner as a candidate 
tor tlie Ass(*mlily. 'Pliat is part of a fine demonstrji- 
tion of iioimliir democracy which the people of Sul¬ 
livan ('onnty have a clninee to make. Sullivan is an 
agricultural county and Air. Alisner is a farmer, 
dcsigmited hy a fanners’ convention. Onr hoys on 
the other side are fighting with the bayonet. Here 
i.' poKi- chance to tight with tlie lead pencil. In 
AA'a.shingtou Goiinty .Tohn G. Gotlrell is a candidate 
i’l Hie itepuhlican primary, and in Delaware Goiinty 
.T. (’lark Xesldtt is a candidate for renominalioii. 
AVe ask our fi-iends to turn out and help send these 
faruK'rs to Alhan.y. In otlu.'i* counties a good many 
f.'rmers are in tho primary for nomination. A'oiir 
vote mjiy decide wlietlier we are to have ~)0 farmers 
in the Lcfiislature. Come out on primary day and 
help put them over. 
* 
T he Thiited .States Railroad Administration issues 
the following: 
AAhi.shington, August 12, IfihS. 
General Order No. .8!). 
'Pile sale of li.jiiors and intoxicants of everv eliaraeter 
in dining ears. r(*staurants. and railroad slatihns under 
iM'deral control shall be discontinued iinnu*diat('l.v. 
w. o. MC AOol), 
Director General of Railroiuls. 
Some years ago we were riding tlirongh Soutli 
Carolina in a dining car. 'Three in<»n (h'lnamh'd 
liquor and were told that it could not lx* scrvi'd lie- 
cniise they were tlu'ii in a proliiliition State'. 'Pile 
language indiilgixl in liy tlu'.se iiu'ii while ('iidiiring 
the long miles to the Gi'orgia line would have 
frightened the Kaiser liack to tlie Rliini*. AVe would 
now pay a good sum of money to tlie R('d Cross to 
note tlielr remarks on reading the alxive order! 
'Pliere .seems no way of esc'aiiing tlie conviction that 
I hide .Sam re:ilize.s his family will cut out the liipior 
and keep it out. 'Pile reports from all over the 
country all run one way. A majority of the pc'opU* 
eiidently intend to try the exiieriment of making 
this country dry. AVe do not believe there is any 
way of stopping this popular demand, which is very 
larg(*ly a movement of country jieople. No indi¬ 
vidual is responsible for it. It is a geuniue popular 
(h maud. 
o 
I’R advice is to start the plowing again and jiut 
in Ji fair .s(*(‘ding of rye. It is claimed that the 
closing of the di.still(*ries and prohiliition of whisky 
making has lessened the di*mand for ry('. 'Phat re¬ 
port is put out largely to intlnence farmers against 
temporjince l(*gisliifion. In our oiiinion i-ye will go 
hack to a fair price and sale. Thidonlitedly tlu'i-e is 
an effort on the part of speculators to push down 
Hio price and get iiossessioii of Hie rye .so as to hold 
it for a ri.se. As a food for onr Allies rye is worth 
as much as wheat, as many Eiiroiieans really iirefor 
rye bread. They will not eat cornnu'al readily, hut 
rye is even better than wheat for them. Last year 
the millers were restricted in handling rye. 'This 
year the.se vest rid ions are removi'd. So far as the 
Government is now concerned, the millers may grind 
and .s<41 rye and its products as Hu*y .see fit. It may 
he used for feeding live stock or sold as desired. 
AA^’e also believe that the Food Administration will, 
before long, admit rye as a substitute in wlieat Hour. 
'These things will stabilize the price of rye and make 
Brevities 
Dnu.xc! Hie mentli of .Tune this country sent 92,- 
178,000 pounds of lx*cf and 109.8.‘H.000 pounds of pork 
to feed our soldiers and fiaonds in Europe. 
Rack of onr iirniios i.i Friince big gaixl(*ns :ir<* con¬ 
ducted under clnirge of soldiers who wore fanners or 
giird<*ners before they (>nt(*i-ed tlx* ;iriny. 'Pliese gaixlens 
provide great quantities of fresli vegetables for Hie 
soldiers. 
A New reuler says lie lias lieard that if liis 
neighbor’s slieeii and goats |)<*i'sist in coining over into 
Ids land after fair conqilaint, lx* can kill them ! 'Phere 
is, (if course, no such law in New .lersey. Onr fi-i(>iid 
imist linild ids half of a tiglit fence and compel Iiis 
neiglilior to build the other lialf. 
'Po snow liow dnriag war times one industry works 
into anotlier, tin* F(xxl Adiuinlstration says there was 
danger of a shortage in Byris gix'en h(*eaiis(* the acetic 
acid neech'd in making it was taken hy the Governineiit 
for use in making airidane “dopi*.” 'Phis is the stuff 
used for making Hie iilane wings waterproof. A’inegar 
will he used in making Paris green. 
'Phe war lias dPvelo]x*d a gix'at demand for castor oil 
to he u.sed in fiying-maehine motors. 'Phis has prodiuxxl 
a new farm industry, and in one y(*ar 1()S,()(M) acres of 
castor bciins were planted. 'Pliat means 2,000,<)()() gal- 
1( ns of oil and great (iiiaiitities of “pomace” for fi'rtil- 
izers. 'Phe b(*ans will take the place of cotton where 
the -weevils destroy that crop. 
