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‘The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 7, 1920 
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The Back-to-the-Landers 
A very large share of our questions come from people who meditate moving 
to the country, or who have already made such a move. They have a story to 
tell, or they ask for advice. This department will be a sort of clearing-house 
for the back-to-the-lander, where he may obtain information and swap troubles 
and triumphs, failures, fads and fancies. 
What a Little Capital Did 
Some weeks ago we told how those 
farmers in Dutchess Co., N. Y., came to 
the rescue of a back-to-the-lander. More 
recently we have told how the Virginia 
renter became a farm owner through the 
“second mortageg route.” Now comes the 
following from North Carolina, showing 
what a little capital at just the right time 
can do for a man. 
“Upon reaching Polk County, N. C.. to 
begin liis work. County Agent ,T. I\. Stuns 
of Columbus, N. C.. met a man who had 
come to North Carolina from New Jersey. 
This man was completely down and out. 
having met with financial reverses, and 
remarked in the presence of Mr. Sams 
that if he had .$85 he could make a new 
start. Upon inquiry as to what he would 
do with .$85 if he had it, he said he would 
buy 500 baby chicks. He then told Mr. 
Sams of his experience with poultry on 
Long Island and New Jersey. 
“This man was told by the county agent 
that if he would deal fairly with him that 
he would sign a note whereby he could se¬ 
cure the money needed. A bargain was 
thus made, the note was drawn for $100, 
instead of $85, and the baby chicks were 
ordered last February. At the end of 00 
days some of the broilers were sold and a 
part of the note paid, and this was con¬ 
tinued until the full amount was paid. 
Now, the man has around 300 fine White 
Leghorn hens, which, at the low estimate 
of $2 each, would amount to $G00. ^ In 
addition to the success with the White 
Leghorns, he has purchased a pure bred 
Hampshire sow and boar from which he 
is also making a success. County Agent 
Sams says, ’this simply goes to show what 
any boy or man can do—if lie has a little 
pluck and will do the clean thing with 
one who will back him up in a tight 
place.’ ” 
Will the Farm Support Me? 
I have a family of seven children, one 
boy 1G years, one 12 years, one girl 14 
years this coming Summer, the rest 
: younger, ranging from eight years to baby 
1 two months old. wife and myself. I am 
employed as a draftsman at a moderate 
sum for these times, and found it had even 
to provide the necessary food for my fam¬ 
ily while in the city. I have been given 
the use of a farm of 25 acres about five 
miles from a fairly large manufacturing 
city of over 100.000 inhabitants; about 
22 acres are tillable and about one-third 
of t illable soil is rich black loam; the 
rest is what would be called day loom. 
One field of six acres is slate loam covered 
with flat stones. There was a fine crop 
of onions, carrots and corn (both field and 
sweet) oil it the past Fall when I came 
on here. I find it hard to work at my 
trade in city and try to work on farm, 
too. so should like to give up city work 
and work farm. Could that much land 
supply living for my family, and if so, 
what line of farming would be best for 
me to follow? Could I work dairy farm 
if I hired pasture and land for hay, and 
would that pay? E. G. T. 
It will he possible to make a living on 
such a farm, hut it will require hard work 
and very close management. No outsider 
can outline a full plan for you. We 
would not attempt 1 large truck crops the 
first year. A good crop of potatoes ought 
to pay, and we should try small patches 
of onions and other vegtables. Find out 
what sells best in that market and try it 
the first year on a small scale. Keep a 
flock of good hens and give them range. 
Start with a small herd of good cows; 
to utilize the pasture and raise corn and 
hay and other fodder crops. One or two 
brood sows will pay if you can pasture 
them. Do not rush ; keep good stock and 
do the work thoroughly if possible. 
What About the Farm Renter? 
On page 14 you have an account of the 
“Policies of the National Grange.” I 
have no desires to criticize the Grange, 
and it is hardly necessary when one reads 
their reply to the American Federation of 
Labor. The action was purely reaction¬ 
ary, and followed the lines pursued by 
that organization for over 50 years. What 
I do want to call your attention to. how¬ 
ever,- i6 to the fact that in these United 
States of America there are some farmers, 
if a minority, that the Grange nor any 
other of the ultra conservative self-ap¬ 
pointed custodians of the farm morals 
may not speak for. In that bunch may 
be included almost every farm renter in 
the country, and also some who are small 
owners. Now there is no organization in 
existence that even remotely takes the ex¬ 
istence of this class into consideration. 
Even the farm bureaus, with their much 
more progressive ideas than any of the 
older organizations, do not consider that 
the renter is of enough importance to jus¬ 
tify any serious consideration from their 
bauds. 
As an illustration, when the Farm Bu¬ 
reau was established here they had for a 
president and secretary two rich men, 
both owning farms surely, hut 1 think I 
speak truthfully when I say neither one of 
them was ever guilty of a day’s labor on 
a farm. Of my acquaintance with the 
Grange here and also in other locations, 
and the Farm Bureau here, I do not know 
a single tenant-farmer who is a member 
of either organization. What is to be 
done about these renters? Surely there 
is no organization that can hope to 
achieve even partial success when there 
is no effort to bring them into sympathetic 
contact with those self-satisfied individ¬ 
uals of which most of the farm organiza¬ 
tions known to me are composed. It is 
more important to society in general and 
farm organizations in particular that 
these be not only considered, hut that 
there he some organization sufficiently 
democratic in conception to be able to 
attract this class. 
I know full well the Grange and bu¬ 
reaus will at once say that all such are 
more than welcome in their midst. But 
who wishes to he by dues a member only, 
and an outsider, in fact? They are al¬ 
most, without exception, in the farm so¬ 
cieties a class of stand-pat, what-was- 
good-enough-for-fatlier- is-good-enough-for- 
me class that makes of them almost en¬ 
tirely a social society composed for the 
most part of wealthy or well-to-do farmers, 
amongst whom a poor renter has no place. 
Pennsylvania. m. y. 
Hens in a Bath Room 
Referring to the “back-to-the-lauder’s 
page,” “Big Things From Back Yards,” 
page 50, I was interested in the physi¬ 
cian’s article, as well as your reply. As 
a busy physician he certainly deserves 
credit.' But when it comes to raising 
Hens Raised in Bath Room 
poultry on a small space I believe my 
wife would come dangerously close to win¬ 
ning first prize. The accompanying pic¬ 
ture shows a rooster and three hens— 
Rhode Island Reds—the result of a stolen 
nest. They were hatched late in October, 
1017, and given to her when they were 
about one week old. brought to our home 
in New York City and raised in our bath¬ 
room. We kept them in a box about ‘2Ys 
ft. long, 2 ft. wide and 2 ft. high. When 
they outgrew it we removed the wire net¬ 
ting from the top and front and. strange 
to say, they never would leave their box, 
except the hens to lay their eggs. We 
kept a small box alongside of the larger 
one for that purpose. We got from one 
to three eggs daily. With the care given 
them there was no dirt or odor. Our 
landlord was greatly pleased to watch the 
growth of the chicks. But the time ar¬ 
rived when the rooster imagined he was 
an “alarm clock” for the neighborhood. 
He crowed from 1 to 4 o’clock mornings, 
so we felt obliged to dispose of the flock. 
The picture shows them out of door for 
the first and only time while in our pos 
session. chas. l. brattling. 
This Man Made Good 
I have been reading “The Bnck-to-the- 
Lander.” I am really tired of strong men 
wanting help to get hack. I had been a 
steel-worker for 32 years. I assisted in 
making wire for the Brooklyn Bridge. I 
have sailed under it three or four times 
before I went to the farm 24 years ago. I 
have made good. I think, but let me tell 
those back-to-the-landers that their work 
is not done at 4 o’clock, as it is in the 
mill; that is only half a day gone for the 
farmer. He has got to work until 8 or 0 
o’clock if he would make good, and like¬ 
wise his whole family has got to “get a 
move on.” I could tell them a whole lot 
more. I bought eight acres, worked in the 
steel works until I paid for it, and was 
handicapped in several ways. J. B. 
Pennsylvania. 
