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January 19, 1924 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
A Hoosier Looks to New York 
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[Here is an interesting letter from a 
man in Indiana. He states his desires 
clearly and simply, and in these lines we 
find the story and ambition of thousands 
of Americans. This Western man looks 
to New York, and he needs sound advice. 
We do not feel competent to tell him 
all he ought to know, and so we print 
his pleasant letter, and ask our people— 
those who have really had experience— 
to give him sound advice. This is a case 
where all can help.] 
I have been a subscriber to The R. 
N.-Y. for about three years. I have 
nearly every copy received, and all in 
order. I have been re-reading these old 
copies, and get a lot of enjoyment, be¬ 
sides gaining knowledge in going through 
them again. I never saw a paper like 
it. It is all so personal, and there is 
human interest in every page, such as I 
have found nowhere else. 
I suppose I am to be classed as a 
“would-be” back-to-the-lander. Yet I am 
not in the class of the city fellows who 
see only the sunny side of farm life. My 
wife and I both know what farm life and 
farm work is. A big part of our years 
were spent on the farm, and as I look 
back, I see that the only time we ever 
really accumulated property was when 
we were' farming, letting young stock 
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no one spoke to me. But one Saturday 
night we camped at Ithaca city park, 
with some tourists from Montana. A 
Sunday School picnic was on, and you 
would have thought we were the return¬ 
ing prodigals. They brought us sand¬ 
wiches, and gave us a welcome that will 
make the people of Ithaca long remem¬ 
bered. That spirit was found everywhere 
we went, and is one reason for our turn¬ 
ing our thoughts towards New York for 
our home. 
We have planned to get a farm of 100 
to 150 acres, equipped, and pay down 
only $1,000 to $1,500. We want to hold 
one yearly payment of about $500 in re¬ 
serve, so we’ll know we have that extra 
year to be ready for taking up the regu¬ 
lar payments. That is, hold that much 
• cash extra, to be sure to have it when 
the year is up; or pay that yearly pay¬ 
ment at once and cut the interest. Then 
we want to have a fund of $1,000 to $1,- 
500 as an emergency. This way, we feel 
we will be playing safe. 
From real estate men, it would seem 
we’can buy a fairly good place for from 
$4,500 to $6,500. Are we figuring right 
on this? Can one buy such places at 
A Pair of Connecticut Steers and Tlieir Owner 
for hatching, and 
as we are doing 
grow up into money. I have in mind par¬ 
ticularly five years ago when we had a 
small dairy of six or eight cows on my 
father-in-law’s place down in Southern 
Indiana, in the hills. There were a lot 
of heifer calves those two years, and it 
is amazing to me how fast young dairy 
stock matures. But the farm was sold, 
and the city then seemed the only logical 
place for us. 
We expect to have corralled about $3,- 
000 by next Fall. We want a place of 
our own and expect to go in for dairying 
and poultry. We have a wonderful flock 
of purebred Buff Orpingtons, about 60 
hens and pullets that gave a 40 per cent 
egg lay in November and 48 per cent in 
December. We will have 100 hens to 
start with next Fall. We expect to sell 
quite a lot of eggs 
also breeding stock, 
now. 
We want a place equipped with six to 
10 cows. Then with these cash crops, to 
keep us going, and supplemented by 
such things as turkeys and geese, sale 
of cordwood. fruit, and perhaps maple 
syrup, etc., feel we can make things go— 
pay for the place, and meet our living 
expenses. 
Two years ago we took a long auto 
trip through New York. W e liked the 
sections through the central part, and it 
seems to us that when we buy there, 
surrounded by good markets and fine 
roads, would be the place to locate. Land 
of equal quality seems so much lower in 
price than here in Indiana, and still 
prices for eggs, milk, etc., are much 
higher there. 
Then, another thing, we were so im¬ 
pressed with the cordiality of New York 
people. We have long believed that 
“easterners” were cold and austere. In¬ 
stead we found a warm friendliness that 
makes “Hoosier hospitality” look to its 
laurels. I’ve always thought that west¬ 
erners were so friendly, but years ago 
doubts arose when I spent a year on a 
Kansas farm. Talk about coldness! I 
went to church and Epworth League, and 
such prices—places in fair state of re¬ 
pair and so equipped? 
And in making a down payment, would 
one have to give a chattel mortgage on 
the equipment? I would hate to have 
things tied up too tight this way, where 
a fellow couldn’t trade or sell an animal, 
without a lot of red tape. Do you sup¬ 
pose if we paid enough cash to cover 
the value of personal property, this would 
not be necessary? 
We are not going to be in any hurry 
to buy, for we expect it to be our last 
move for a long time. We are in our 
thirties and have a young family of two 
girls and a boy that we want to get out 
into the country. And w T e want to make 
the move before it is going to be harder 
to meet the demands of heavy work, o 
necessary the first few years if one wins. 
Also, as one gets older, it is harder to 
break associations and form new ones. 
We would like very much to hear from 
The R. N.-Y. and its readers, particu¬ 
larly those familiar with conditions in 
Central New York, and to have your ad¬ 
vice and criticisms. We don’t want to 
make a mistake, and so any suggestions 
will be a big help to us. A. c. P. 
Indiana. 
The Useful Ox Team 
The recent pictures of oxen have 
started up a number of farmers who still 
believe in working cattle. There are 
many of them left. The latest is Lyman 
Keeler of Litchfield Co., Conn. He says: 
In last week’s R. N.-Y. I saw a pic¬ 
ture of an ox team. I enclose one of 
my son, with his steer team. His name 
is* Nehemiah L. Keeler, and he enjoys 
looking at The R. N.-Y. 
Many a man now working in the city 
will look back with the keenest pleasure 
to the days spent on father’s farm driv¬ 
ing oxen. If there is anything in tele¬ 
pathy or thought communication, it will 
come out in the association with a yoke 
of good cattle. 
