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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
February 14, 1920 
The Best Lime Spreader 
—“And not 
the least of 
my satisfac¬ 
tion comes 
from the fact 
that it only 
cost me 
$37,50 
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because it 
came from 
‘Farm Implement 
Headquarters’ — 
by the ‘ Short - 
Line Route’ and at the ‘Short-Line* price. 
Cast Met¬ 
al Scraper 
Agitators revolve 
“Quality? Right! Every single article at ‘Farm Imple- ijonfor bothagita- 
ment Headquarters’ is selected for quality— by experts. tionandforcelccd - 
It ha# to be good. Otherwise, it could never meet the broad, 
exacting, N.F.E. Guarantee that assures every customer a complete, 
lasting protection. You take no risk —you’re sure to 
be satisfied — when you deal with ‘Farm* Implement Headquarters.’” 
Agitator of 
fan and rod 
type: — one 
every few 
inches. 
’ | 'HE N. F. E. Spreader—for lime, plaster, fertilizers and ashes—was chosen 
strictly on its merits. It sows even, fast and economically ;—is very 
strong and durable, and exceedingly simple in construction. 
It feeds without clogging or arching. This is a fact, not a mere claim. Revolving with 
the axle are numerous cast metal Scraper-Agitators—a set of cast fans for each feed opening. Bex 
has non-corrosive bottom—Scrapers fit close to bottom; —no chance for accumulation. No 
gears, cranks, shakers or chains. Drive is continuous from both metal Wheels—either or both of 
which are thrown out of gear at will. You can regulate instantly and exactly for thickness of 
sowing required. Cj Loading is easy—wind trouble avoided—by the low Box. It carries a good 
load'for two horses;—sows 100 to 4000 lbs. dry lime per acre. The Spreader is light—shipping 
weight only about 400 lbs., but strong and well-braced in every part. 
No wobbling of Wheels on the 1 J4" steel Axle. Screen for Box, 
extra, $2.25. 
Get our “Short-Line” Prices Before You Buy 
anything you may need in Farm Equipment; farm, dairy, orchard, garden 
and poultry requisites. “Farm Implement Headquarters" specializes only 
in agricultural implements and in practical service to the farmer. 
It provides the Right Goods, at the Right Price, at the Right Time. 
(Exceptional shipping facilities mean prompt shipments.) 
Write To-day for Catalog No. 19F — Note Money-Savings 
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Its sturdiness, mechanical simplicity, performance surety, power 
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This claim is borne out by a glance at the specifications—every unit 
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When you buy an Elcar you buy quality and sustained trouble-free 
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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. 
The Tenant Spoils the Business 
One year ago we had a good dairy, but 
old age, ill-health and scarcity of help 
compelled me to rent my farm, consisting 
of over 174 acres, 27 cows, some young 
stock, etc. In the one year I rented I 
lost seven cows and find myself over 
$1,000 behind financially. In the Fall 
of 191S there were IS new milch cows; in 
the Fall of 1910 there is but one, and the 
entire dairy dried off and not with calf. 
This was planned by the tenant purpose¬ 
ly, who took all he could corner and left 
December 1. He circulated the story ex¬ 
tensively that the reason we had no milk 
was because our cows were so diseased, 
etc. We have some splendid cows yet, 
but income from only one cow for the 
next nine months. We decided we could 
not rent, as the past year, from Novem¬ 
ber, 1918, to December, 1919, has been a 
very disastrous experience. We will prob¬ 
ably have to sell the farm, as we are not 
physically able to do the work, and for 
nearly a year there will be no income to 
pay tbe high wage of help. 
Would it pay us to keep the cows over 
in this milkless condition? Would you 
have them tested for tubercular trouble 
on the strength of this tenant's report? 
Would our chance be as good to sell the 
farm without the dairy? We cannot ar¬ 
rive at any conclusions, so appeal to you 
are so many complications that we hardly 
know what to advise. 
Back-to-the-Landers 
The many things written on this sub¬ 
ject, and the man reasons given for fail¬ 
ure, if failure is the word, are responsible 
for this article, taking it up along lines 
different from most, viewpoints set forth. 
There are probably few sections of the 
country where so many farms have 
changed hands in the past 10 years, due 
to men trying farming as a new line of 
business, as our own particular section. 
Nor do I believe a higher grade of men 
and women as a whole ever came into any 
community. Most • of them are college 
trained ; many of them men who had been 
highly successful in other lines of busi¬ 
ness. Yet of all who came not over 10 
per cent stayed to continue farming as a 
business, and not all of those would be 
called successful. 
Did the others fail? And, if soy. why? 
Some of them doubtless did. However, I 
do not believe failure is the word in most 
cases. They simply gave up farming and 
took up other lines of business or occupa¬ 
tion. Most of them had plenty of re¬ 
sources, and in no case that I know of 
was one down and out. Instead, they left 
as they came, heads up, and mostly some¬ 
thing good in sight. Why, then, did these 
men give up farming? The answer is 
plain, simple and logical. Briefly, they 
found the profits derived from farming 
less than they had believed, less than they 
could get from the same effort and in¬ 
vestment elsewhere, and not being suffi- 
Relics of Pilgrim Days 
This year, 1920, will witness the cele¬ 
bration of the three-hundredth anniver¬ 
sary of the landing of the Pilgrims at 
Plymouth. It will be a great event, and 
no doubt thousands of our readers will 
journey to the old Pilgrim town which 
for 300 years has rested quietly beside 
the sandy harbor. In. Pilgrim Hall they 
will see many old-time relics, showing 
how people lived and acquitted them¬ 
selves three centuries ago. The R. N.-Y. 
has made readers in old Plymouth County, 
and one of them, Mr. Isaac S. Burgess, 
sends us the picture from which the en¬ 
graving above was made. Mr. Bur¬ 
gess, now 83 years old, made these chairs 
last year with his own hands. Surely 
these old-timers built a chair like a com¬ 
fortable house. 
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for advice. We want to get what we can 
out of a bad condition and will abide by 
your decision. We have no family, no 
health, no debts and know not what to do. 
Pennsylvania. s. F. 
Some of our hack-to-the-land enthusi¬ 
asts may well ponder over this story. 
Here is a very hard case, and it is difficult 
to advise. We would not have these cows 
tested unless their appearance indicates 
something of disease. Since you do not 
expect to work the place yourself, it will 
be well to sell the cows off as fast as a 
good sale can be made. That will depend 
on their age and condition. It is not like¬ 
ly that they are fit for meat now. If you 
have hay and roughage it will probably 
pay to have them bred now as soon as you 
can and keep them over Winter. They 
will do well on Summer pasture, and as 
they will come fresh together next Fall 
that would be an inducement for some 
one to buy the farm and stock, as the 
place would be all ready for business and 
an income. In any event, the cows could 
be sold at auction or private sale. If the 
cows are good ones we should advise this 
policy, as we think the cattle would bring 
enough more next Fall to more than pay 
the coet. It is a very hard case, and there 
ciently farm-minded to credit the differ¬ 
ence to the pleasure of living on the farm, 
they sold out and went into a better pay¬ 
ing line. 
If most of the things written on “back- 
to-the-landers” are carefully analyzed, I 
believe you will find this lack of knowl¬ 
edge of actual farm income causes most 
of the so-called failure, which in many 
cases are not failures at all, the results 
being many times all that can be really 
expected, though they compare poorly 
with what might have been done some¬ 
where else. The result is simply disap¬ 
pointment at the small return from farm¬ 
ing. 
Farming is the greatest business in the 
world; the most pleasurable, the most 
healthful, the most independent, and the 
most profitable. But only for those who 
love farming; who love to work with liv¬ 
ing, growing things; who love to study 
their requirements, meet them, and see 
them respond; who rejoice in the belief 
they are living a useful, healthful life, 
doing the best they know how with those 
things which have been given into their 
keeping, and who are willing to accept 
these things in large part as compensation 
for their labors. 
On the other hand, anyone looking for a 
business from which a fortune may be 
quickly accumulated, especially without 
thorough knowledge and bard, earnest 
work, will find many lines more promising 
than farming. wm, iiotaling. 
Columbia Co., N. Y. 
