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liid jiot soo the clover, but had stood up 
(in their hind legs and got hold of my 
. young f^hoots, the Twenty Ounce, and 
pulled the buds out of the trees. I 
haven’t had a sheep on the fann since. 
I had found that I could not grow sheep 
and apples, especially young trees, on the 
.same land. 
Another reason why sheep are not 
grown more extensively is that in my 
neighboring town of Ontario, Wayne 
County, I understand the dogs have killed 
.SI,200 worth of sheep this year, and if 
they have killed .$1,200 worth, they have 
injured the flocks to the extent of several 
thou.sand dollrs, besides what they have 
killed. If this State would rather raise 
dogs than sheep, they are doing it very 
fast. iKs it will be a question whether 
these men will ever succeed in getting 
their pay for the .sheep that were killed, 
out of the State. If they are pex-sistent 
enough they may succeed in getting it, 
Dut iisuiilly they get tired out and let it 
go, rather than go to the trouble. 
Wayne Co., N. Y. w. p. kogers. 
Home Economics Department of Farm 
Bureau 
Some weeks ago I saw an honest in¬ 
quiry in The R. N.-Y. by some farm 
woman in a county where this work had 
not been taken up, but was being thought 
of. She asked what women elsewhere 
got from it, or was it just a fad to spend 
more money? Erie County, Western New 
York, was the first to start, so we are 
proud to say “We blazed the trail,” and 
while we have made some mistakes along 
the way, it i,s by no means another way 
to spend another dollar foolishly. For if 
there is any way you can get as much 
education, help and pleasure out of the 
cash invested, we would all be glad to 
read the book you write telling about it. 
First you want a carefully selected 
county agent, preferably a college woman 
not too old and not too young, with plen¬ 
ty of good sen.se and some tact. She isn’t 
there to overthrow what years of experi¬ 
ence have taught the housewives, but to 
help them solve their problems, tell them 
the reasons why certain methods cause 
certain results; tell them or put them in 
touch with reading matter on subjects of 
personal interest. “In union there is 
strength,” so by concerted efforts we are 
able to have at various times some of the 
nation’s be.st lecturers on home subjects 
come to u,s. Likewise, our own neighbors 
teach us easier ways and short cuts of do¬ 
ing various kinds of work; these all help 
conserve time and strength. 
In this cjunty we have clubs hovering 
round a community center, each holding 
local meetings at its own time and place, 
whether it be a hall centrally located or 
at various members’ homes; that is a 
matter decided upon locally. Our club 
meets the last Wednesday of each month; 
club flower, sweet pea; colors, violet and 
white; motl “Not for ourselves alone.” 
We plan our year’s work ahead and have 
printed pro'rams, so that each one knows 
what the proyrara committee expects of 
them. We try to plan to have extra 
meetings when the county agent comes to 
us, or other outside help, so as not to in¬ 
terfere with our local talent, which is 
brought out and strengthened by use. 
Our roll call got everybody talking out 
in meeting, telling of their pet labor- 
saving device, etc. There is endless sub¬ 
ject matter: Home nursing, methods of 
cleaning, care of children, foods, balanced 
rations, decorations and color sehem-^s 
and their relation to health, clothing, can¬ 
ning, salads, baked, boiled and steamed 
puddings, heating systems, and ideal bath¬ 
room, ventilation, running water in the 
home, choosing textiles, good music, and 
no end to the material needed to make 
a home happy and wholesome. The social 
part is not to be overlooked; you really 
get acquainted with your neighbors, and 
remember sick and afflicted ones in our 
midst by some gift of flowers or kindly 
act. It keeps you in better condition 
every way to be “a friend among your 
friends and not a mere machine.” 
PETTY. 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 2S, 1918 
we to rely on imports of doubtful pro- 
geniture. Or ie it advisable to continue 
having children—of course provided al¬ 
ways, that they are kept in their proper 
place (the kennel). A. J. hill. 
New York. 
That advertisement never should have 
been printed. The sentence to which Mr. 
Hill refers reads: “// you have children 
or dogs do not apply'* We do not know 
just what the advertiser had in mind, 
but it was a most unfortunate comb’m- 
tion. There have been very few replies 
to it, for w’e think most working people 
would quickly form an estimate of the 
character of one "who puts dogs and 
children in the same class. Perhaps this 
advertiser did not mean it just that way, 
but he will find very few good helpers 
through any such call. He evidently does 
not agree with the Hope Farm man about 
the value of children. 
Chickens in the City 
Some of us have been feeding a flock 
of chickens belonging to the neighbors 
all the year. They visit us by day and 
eat with our own hens, and then march 
off home for the night. They seem to 
^try hard to entice our hens away with 
'them, but thus far our birds are loyal, 
and stay with us. We gave up trying to 
change the habits of a hen long years 
ago. Now w’e merely attempt to trim up 
the habits. A few attractive nests placed 
here and there attract our hens. They 
lay in these ne.sts and their neighbors, 
hen-like, will do the same. Thus we .seem 
likely to have the eggs, while the neighbor 
may have the night society of his hens. 
That is a fairly satisfactory division! 
We wonder, though, if people who can let 
the hen roam at will realize what it 
means to try to keep hens in the backyard 
of a crowded city. The New York Sun 
recently told how Anthony Burnish of 
New York w'as arrested for keeping live 
poultry in this city : 
“You are charged with keeping chick¬ 
ens in the city,” said the Court. 
“Didn’t President Wilson say that ev¬ 
eryone should raise chickens and help wdn 
the war?” asked the prisoner. 
“Well,” said Magisti-ate Ten Eyck, 
“the war is over and the armistice is on 
and I will have to impose a fine. I will 
make it a small one—say the price of two 
dozen eggs, which will be $2.” 
“Can I pay the fine in eggs?” asked 
Burnish. 
“No,” said the Court, “unless some¬ 
body in court wmnts to buy the eggs.” 
“With the present high cost of eggs,” 
said Burnish, “I can’t afford to buy them. 
Why, your Honor, I would keep a cow if 
I had room to put it, on account of the 
high cost of milk.” 
“Better go home and kill your chick¬ 
ens,” admonished the Court. 
_ “If I did,” said the prisoner, “the So¬ 
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
Animals w’ould find another local law un¬ 
der which I would be arrested,” 
Burnish paid the fine. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
American Society for Horticultural 
Science, annual meeting, Baltimore, Md,, 
Dec. 17-28. 
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 
eight weeks’ Winter course, begins Jan. 6. 
Wisconsin Cheese Makers’ As.sociation, 
Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 8-10, 
1919. 
New .Jersey State Dairymen’s Associa¬ 
tion, annual meeting, Trenton, N. J., 
Jan 14-17 
Tren^^on, N. J.—Poultry Show, Jan. 
1.3-17. 
Boston, Mass.—Poultry Show, Jan. 
14-18 
Western New York Horticultural So¬ 
ciety and New York State Fruit Growers’ 
Association, joint meeting, Rochester, N. 
Y., .Tan. 15-17, 1919. 
Third Annual New Jersey Agricultural 
Convention. Trenton, .Tan. 1.3-17. 1919. 
New .Jersey State Poultry Association, 
annual meeting and exhibition, the Arm¬ 
ory. Trenton. N. J.. Jan. 1.3-17, 1919. 
Jan. 18-20—National Western Stock 
Show. Denver. Colo. 
^^Farmers ’Week, Hartford, onn., Jan. 
Madison Square Garden, New York— 
Poultry Show, Jan. 24-28. 
Connecticut Dairymen’s Association, 
^nnecticut Sheep Breeders’ Association, 
Connecticut Poultrymen’s Association, 
Hartford, Conn.. Jan. 21-22. 
York State Breeders’ Association, 
Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 29-,31. II. B. Har¬ 
pending, president, Dundee, N. Y. 
Connecticut Bornological Society, Con- 
necticut Vegetable Growers’ Association, 
Hartford. Conn., Jan. 2.3-24. 
Massachusetts Dairymens’ Association, 
annual meeting. Horticultural Hall. Bos¬ 
ton. week of Feb. 10. 1919. 
T California International 
Stock Show, San Francisco, Cal. 
• I*’fc*‘‘State Land Show, M'unic- 
^a^jAi^^itoriunn Omaha, Neb., Feb. 12- 
Potatoes, $1;50 per bu.; apples, $1; 
butter, .o6 to ^c lb.; eggs, 60c; beef, 17 
’ pork, 2o to 30c per lb. c. E. K. 
Warren Co., Pa. 
H^ is this for Dec. 10 Missouri weath- 
er: Dandelions blooming, still harvesting 
outdoor spinach, mustard greens and tur¬ 
nips ; also head lettuce from the open 
field; pasturing stock on rye 4-8 in. high; 
some few berries on the Everbearing 
strawerries. One year ago we had it far 
below zero, with snow on the ground, and 
had burnt lots of fuel already, while very 
little was used for heating so far this 
year. Mocking birds and bluebirds can be 
se^ daily. chas. pukzneb. 
Cole Co., Mo. 
Dogs and Children 
There used to be a signboard at the 
entrance of Glen Island Park on which 
was printed, “Dogs and Soldiers Not 
Allowed.” Of course at that time we 
were not at war and the soldier was 
somewhat at a discount, but notwith¬ 
standing this fact it used to strike me as 
rather poor policy to associate dogs with 
soldiers. But now comes a person who 
classifies children with dogs. I refer to 
the party who advertises for help who do 
not own dogs and children. This person, 
who doubtless has a reason for not pub¬ 
lishing his name, directs that the replies 
to his advertisement be sent to the paper 
in which he advertises. It is not uncom¬ 
mon to find people who dislike children, 
but it is seldom we find a person with 
enough brass to associate children with 
dogs, and try to intrude his unnatural 
views on the public through an adver¬ 
tisement. Of course giving this person 
all the credit due, we must admit that 
his valuation of children and dogs may 
not extend beyond the children and doge 
of the working class. But even on this 
score many of us must disagree with 
“Advertiser.” There are many people 
holding the old-fashioned idea that a child 
is a child. 
I should like to see this advertisement 
reprinted in The R. N.-Y. in a. more 
conspicuous place, and I should like to 
ask tb(‘ advertiser^ if we are to discon¬ 
tinue the propagation of the race, or are 
Good Words 
Either of the three articles in the last 
issue, the consumer’s dollar in hides, the 
steer feeding story, and “No man is wiser ' 
for his learning,” are worth the price of 
the paper for a year. G. w. smith. 
New York. i 
As the spokesman for the farmers there | 
is nothing equal to The Rural New- 
Yorker. Aside from the ordinary farm 
topics, three things stand out pre-emi¬ 
nent, viz., the editorials, “Hope Farm 
Notes” and the “Publisher’s Desk.” re¬ 
spectively. Too much praise cannot be 
given to your most valuable publication. 
The least I can do is to subscribe to it. 
So there you are. Emanuel pech. 
New Jersey. 
I cannot help but add that your paper 
has been a great help to us in learning of 
risky customers. Not long since we were 
in receipt of several letters from one 
Abramson asking us to ship eggs, he of¬ 
fering two or three cents above highest 
quotations. We did not bite, and the next 
we saw his measure in your helpful col¬ 
umn. Someone else had been caught to 
the tune of a case of eggs. This is only 
one instance of help we have received. 
Pennsylvania. c. N. guillot. 
I suppose you wonder why I don’t go to 
our county agricultural agent for infor¬ 
mation. The truth is he believes in up¬ 
lifting the farmer mentally, morally, so¬ 
cially, etc., while I believe all this follows 
a little easier financial condition. I am 
strong for actually doing something and 
not talking so much. He does not under¬ 
stand this, but I am sure you do. s. c. 
Michigan. 
I wish at this time to express my ap¬ 
preciation of the good work The R. N.-Y. 
is doing in getting farmers to think seri¬ 
ously of political and economic problems. 
It is only by clear thinking and vigorous 
action that the producers of the country 
and of all countries can hope to reap the 
possible benefits which should come from 
the war. The Tory class in all countries 
will endeavor to control legislation so 
that the cost of the war will be borne by 
the producers. Appeals to parties have 
too often made the workers, whether on 
the farm or in the factory, the dupes of 
politicians. More power to you. J. H. c. 
District of Columbia. 
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oclock. sir, the boy answered politely. 
Thank you, my boy; I thought it was 
more.” “It never is more than 12 o’clock 
here, sir,” said the boy. “When it is 12 
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