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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Milk Troubles. —The new year found 
us divided in our emotions as to whether 
we would likely enjoy a happy one for 
the next twelve months or not. It seems 
odd that January is the month every time 
that some milk distributor takes to make 
trouble for himself and his luckless 'p a ‘ 
trons: All had been smooth sailing in our 
town for many months, although the rest 
of the county where the Bordens and 
Sheffields and others held forth had not 
been in any luck at all, when suddenly 
our milk buyer announced that he would 
not sign with the League for January, as 
he couldn’t afford to pay the price. So 
the 89 patrons of our local factory called 
a meeting in two hours’ time and prac¬ 
tically every dairyman was present. The 
sum and substance of it was that our 
buyers decided at the eleventh hour to 
come to terms, provided we would shrink 
our product by 30 cans daily. This was 
done, and our milk has gone as usual, and 
for a few more days all is serene. It is 
said that the price the League has got to 
set for February in order to meet the 
general deflation and the demands of the 
condenseries will be so low that no one 
buying of us can possibly kick. I imagine 
a dairyman here and there will do plenty 
of if when his usual check is cut to the 
quick. But on the other hand, perhaps 
such a decrease in dividends will just suit 
those everlasting kickers right inside the 
League who strangely insist that January 
milk was far too high. These will have 
the satisfaction of selling their milk for 
next to nothing for awhile, and perhaps 
the lesson will do them a world of good. 
Selling Cabbage. —Like everyone else, 
we stored several tons of cabbage, not be¬ 
cause we thought the price would be high¬ 
er later on. but because, no one would buy 
it at any price. We just got a check the 
other day for 2% tons sold in the late 
Fall through our Co-operative Associa¬ 
tion. The check amounted to all of $4.51. 
You can figure out the net price per ton 
for this good cabbage, and see how much 
profit we made on the transaction. Also 
if anyone else has had the misfortune to 
sell theirs for any less return than this, I 
would like to know about it. W hen cab¬ 
bage nets the grower around $2 a ton. he 
is getting down to pretty near the bot¬ 
tom of everything. We are feeding our 
red variety, but cabbage makes milk, and 
this month our buyer wants less than 
usual. We have poor facilities for mak¬ 
ing butter, and won’t want the 'bother for 
a month or longer. 
The Reading Farmer. —There are 
a good many periodicals catering to 
particular subjects which the wideawake 
farmer will somehow find money and time 
to take and read. lie will take all the 
farm papers he can, of course, and on 
Winter evenings he will imagine himself 
riding hither and yon as he peruses the 
pages of his favorite paper on motoring, 
or the oue that discusses scientific sub¬ 
jects. In Winter is the time to catch up 
with what the world has doue during the 
last year. I wish that every farm family 
in this country were oltUged to take $25 
from their too often poor, scrimped bud¬ 
gets and invest, the same in the best mag¬ 
azines fitting their respective needs. Some 
\^11 say that I little know what this 
would mean in the face of taxes and the 
task of existing itself, but I am so sure 
that $25 spent thus would return itself 
many times over in new knowledge and 
gain that I would have no hesitation in 
recommending the law if I were a Pow- 
er-that-be! Read and learn is an old. 
old axiom, and none truer. The man 
who does not read and learn and apply is 
a hopeless man indeed. Manage some¬ 
how to keep the reading table well filled 
these long, dark Winter days, and you 
will never regret the sacrifice of some¬ 
thing else. 
A Dread Disease. —1921 may have 
commenced inauspioiously oil many farms, 
but for one thing we cannot blame it. and 
that is—influenza. A year ago now the 
whole country went to bed at night ex¬ 
pecting to wake up with that awful sick¬ 
ness which goes with the “flu” and no 
other disease. By night we might be at 
death’s door and no one to help us or 
care. Oh, the ravages of the influenza 
are terrible to contemplate, even after a 
year’s lapse, and nothing can happen 
which will be as bad as the death toll 
exacted for two years past by this enemy 
of everyone. So far, I have not read of 
a single instance 'of the disease having re¬ 
turned this Winter. It is strange indeed 
how it did its worst, then vanished as sud¬ 
denly as it arrived. Grippe and hard 
colds are the portions of us all. and often 
these differ hut little from influenza, tut 
we know this year that they are not it, 
and with due precautions we shall survive 
their inroads and some day return to 
normal. One rarely has those devastat¬ 
ing relapses with common sicknesses 
which followed the epidemic in so many 
instances. People would think themselves 
entirely well, when out of a clear sky, 
seemingly, they would go down, stricken 
mortally—and no one knew when his time 
would come, even after recovery, or with 
what he would be left if he succeeded in 
outwitting death and lived. 
Mumps. —The various little contagious 
illnesses of adolescence were left behind 
during the triumphal sweep of a more 
grim disease, but they are with us this 
season again, being ushered in at our 
house by the mumps. As his Christmas 
present to our family, little Alan came 
down with the “Big Jowl” and was in¬ 
clined to be rather sick for several days. 
The rule for mumps is to keep tin* patient 
warm at any cost. Do not let tin* child 
go outdoors during the swelling, and he 
will invariably come out all right. But 
mischief arrives if he catches cold, or is 
allowed to eat everything in sight. I un¬ 
derstand that whooping cough is following 
the mumps this Winter, and that measles, 
chicken pox and the rest are on tlie ^vay. 
As the funny paper says. “There is al¬ 
ways something to take the joy out of 
life.” It requires three weeks from ex¬ 
posure to come down with mumps, and as 
few in our family have ever had it. per¬ 
haps February “Thoughts” will be ab¬ 
sent. provided tin* “Plain Farm W oman 
succumbs too! Personally. I should have 
preferred to have taken it years ago. in 
school, at which time I was absolutely im¬ 
mune to all exposures. 
Sour Catsup. — I have a very good sour 
catsup rule which some woman might 
like to try if she gets low on this appe¬ 
tizer. Most catsup rules are more or less 
sweet, while this is decidedly different, 
and we think far better, by being tart 
and sour. This is the way it is made: 
One gallon tomatoes or its equivalent in 
canned tomatoes; four tablespoons salt, 
three tablespoons black pepper, one-half 
tablespoon allspice, three tablespoons mus¬ 
tard seed, oue pint strong vinegar, three 
o-reen or red peppers or a can of pimen- 
toes. Cook all together for about two 
hours, or until thick enough, excepting 
the vinegar ; strain through a coarse sieve, 
add vinegar, and return to simmer until 
again of right consistency. Bottle. There 
never was a better catsup to eat with the 
Winter meats. H. S. K. w. 
Christmas Day in California 
There is a saying here that one can 
alwavs plan, regardless of what the 
weather may be. because it is always good. 
The day before Christmas was foggy, with 
a heavy mist falling, and a newcomer 
would be rather skeptical about a good 
dav following. But no need here, as after 
the mist lifted on Christmas morning the 
day was clear and warm and wonderful. 
Ten o’clock found a party, of 14 of us 
on route for Riverside. (12 miles away, to 
take dinner at the far-famed Mission 
Inn. It was a pleasant ride over the 
perfect roads of Southern California, the 
way leading through the Santa Ana Can- 
voii for many miles: on our left ‘ Old 
Baldy.” straight ahead “Grayback. and 
January 29, 1921 
to our right the San Jacinto Mountains, 
all glistening white with snow, while we 
were riding between grove after grove of 
orange trees laden to the ground with 
their golden fruit. Orange County 
through which we passed, is said to be 
the richest county in the United States. 
[This will start up the people of Lancas¬ 
ter County, Pa.—Fds.] 
The entrance into Riverside is very 
beautiful, the road leading for many miles 
between tall palm trees and tropical 
plants of all kinds, which are still new 
sights to our Eastern eyes. 
Arriving at our destination shortly 
after one o’clock, we were soon gathered 
around the table, which had been reserved 
for our party. Needless to say, each one 
of us did justice to the excellent food 
served at this famous inn. The mission 
idea is carried out in every detail—mis¬ 
sion furniture throughout and the bells 
everywhere. 
After dinner we went through the mu¬ 
seum or historical part of the inu. which 
is all below the inn proper, and i« a vast 
place, simply crowded with relics and 
antiquities of long ago. One certainly 
wonders how so many articles connected 
with the past could have been gathered 
together in the span of one man’s life, 
and California is indebted to Frank Mil¬ 
ler. master of the inn, for this. Many 
of the articles had been made and used 
by the Franciscan Fathers who estab¬ 
lished so many missions along this coast 
in the early part of the eighteenth cen¬ 
tury. Beautiful painting are on the 
walls typical of that day and age. The 
chapel has a wonderful organ and chimes, 
which are played daily. Instead of pews, 
row after row of chairs, no two alike, are 
used. These are along the old lines, and 
the carving and tapestry covering on many 
of them is indescribable. Opening out 
of the main drawing-room are several 
rooms known as the President’s suite, and 
many of. our Presidents have occupied 
them. . Naturally they are gorgeous in 
their fittings and furnishings. 
An hour or two in this wonderful place 
goes quickly by. and we had to leave much 
unseen. . Another reason why Southern 
California is indebted to Frank Miller, 
besides his collection at the inn. is his 
establishment of the Easter morning ser¬ 
vice at Mt. Rubidoux. which is close by. 
President Taft laid the cornerstone for 
the cross around which gathers a multi¬ 
tude at sunrise on Faster morning. Mt. 
Rubidoux is solid rock, suitable for mak¬ 
ing cement, but will hardly be used for 
that purpose as long as in Mr. Miller’s 
ownership. 
One thing of interest I forgot to men¬ 
tion. in . connection with Riverside and 
the inn is the fact that here are the origi¬ 
nal parents of the navel orange. One is 
in a park, well protected, and the other 
was set in its present location at the inn 
by President Roosevelt. From these two 
Pees have been developed that which has 
brought such fame and wealth to Southern 
California. 
A short stop was made at the home of 
an acquaintance of one of the party, who 
owns an orange and walnut grove. Here 
we picked from the trees our first oranges, 
and learned many things incidental to the 
growing of oranges, one of which is that 
it is a good thing for a poor map to let 
alone. The crop this year is heavy, 
though the fruit is small. The citrus 
trees never shed their leaves all at one 
time, so are always green, and by far 
the handsomest trees that grow. Evening 
found us once more in Long Beach, after 
one of the pleasantest Christmas Days 
ever experienced, mrs. w. e. iiolcomb. 
A Man on “the Wife’s Share” 
This talk about the wife’s share seems 
to be wholly wide of the mark. The wi fe 
or husband should have no share. The 
whole belongs to each. The union of man 
and wife is like no other on earth, and 
the idea of making if a business relation 
degrades it. My wife and I have been 
married more than 30 years. We have 
never been poor, and have not become 
rich, but have had no doubt our share of 
the really good things of earth. We never 
had any question of shares. We trust 
each other to the utmost. We own our 
property jointly, our bank account is one 
which either or the survivor may draw. 
Should any large deal be contemplated 
we discuss it freely with each other. In 
minor matters we spend our money with¬ 
out any fear of discovery or fault-finding. 
Should my wife wish more money than 
she has by her, she either requests me to 
give it to her. which I always do without 
question if I have it. or she draws on 
our joint account. I know she will make 
no foolish use of it and will not exceed 
our income. She knows the same of me. 
This trust and confidence is founded on 
an affection not possible in a mere part¬ 
nership. and this ought to be. and usually 
is, the case with most married couples. 
When the wife must have a “share” or 
an “allowance” marriage is mighty close 
to a failure. Share and share alike. My 
wife has, as most wives have, by economy, 
hard work and good sense, contributed as 
much as I at least to our modest compe¬ 
tence, and if she wants it she is entitled 
to the whole. W, L. 
The precocious infant had just re¬ 
turned from his first day at school regis¬ 
tering intense ennui. The anxious family 
gathered around. “Donald.” asked his 
mother, “what did you learn today?’ 
“Nothing.” “What, nothing at all?” 
“Nope: there was a woman there who 
wanted to know how to spell cat. so I 
told her. That’s all.”—American Legion 
Weekly. 
Taking a Well-earned Rest 
