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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 9, 1924 
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A Calm Statement 
Will you accept a second communica¬ 
tion from a representative of this college 
on the proposed rural school law, and 
this, as all other similar articles, must be 
considered as wholly independent of the 
institution? They represent only tne 
views of a single individual. 
In the discussion of this question there 
have been altogether too many irrelevant 
and inflammatory remarks, too many as¬ 
sumptions on the part of the proponents 
of the bill that those opposed were lack¬ 
ing in judgment, and too many inferences 
on the other side that those who favored 
the bill are endeavoring to “put some¬ 
thing over.” There may have been a good 
many snap judgments on both sides, but 
it is unquestionably true that thinking 
people are divided. 
There are a few fundamental proposi¬ 
tions on which I believe a majority of the 
people of the State will agree, whether in 
favor of or opposed to the bill. 
First. The rural schools of this State 
do not average up to the standard which 
they should. The laws under which they 
are working are over 100 years old. in 
that time many social and economic 
changes have taken place. It is reason¬ 
able to assume that a drastic revision of 
our school laws should be made to keep 
pace with the progress of time. 
Second. The education of the child is a 
matter of more than local interest. The 
child educated in one district is likely 
later to be a citizen of any other com¬ 
munity in the country. To my mind this 
means that the schools should be support¬ 
ed largely by a tax spread over the entire 
State, including of course the cities. This 
is especially true since a majority of the 
children educated in the country later be¬ 
come residents of our cities. 
Third. There is at present a great dis¬ 
parity in the matter of taxation for school 
purposes in the several school districts. 
In some the amount of taxable property 
is too small to support a school in a dis¬ 
trict of the usual geographic limits with¬ 
out being unjustly burdensome to the 
patrons of that school. 
Fourth. Children educated in the rural 
districts should have the opportunity to 
secure as good an education as those in 
the cities. This does not mean that there 
should be schools of the same kind, teach¬ 
ing the same subjects, but that the schools 
should be as well adapted to the par¬ 
ticular training which would fit into the 
experiences of these children and that the 
personnel of the teaching force in the 
country should be as good. 
With these propositions in view, after 
a rather careful study of the school situ¬ 
ation in the State and of the proposed 
law, the writer would like to see the bill 
passed. It seems to me that the com¬ 
mittee which has investigated our condi¬ 
tions and has brought forth this bill is as 
representative a body as could be got to¬ 
gether for a similar purpose. I do not 
believe any group of persons who have 
not made a careful study of the whole 
situation from both the sociological and 
economic points of view would be quali¬ 
fied to give us something better. Any 
change that is made, though in the right 
direction, will be met with opposition by 
some. Whatever change is made will nec¬ 
essarily be in a way experimental. Per¬ 
sonally I believe the suggestion is a good 
one. that if possible two or three districts 
be selected by the State for a trial of the 
plan. It would serve as an object lesson 
on which to base further study. 
The machinery proposed in the bill un¬ 
der discussion seems somewhat cumber¬ 
some. Possibly it could be simplified. It 
is quite the usual thing that a new ma¬ 
chine, thought it may be effective, is after 
a period of trial found to be capable of 
simplification. No doubt it would work 
that way if this bill were to become a law 
As regards consolidation, there is no 
doubt that the friends of this bill are in 
the main friends of consolidation. How¬ 
ever, the fact does remain that the bill 
provides that consolidation be made only 
upon the vote of the districts concerned. 
If it is found that in operation undue 
pressure is brought to bear to bring about 
consolidation in districts not favorable, 
there would be a feature of the law to 
remedy, for we all recognize that there 
for the School Bill 
are districts in the State so situated geo¬ 
graphically that consolidation is not prac¬ 
tical. 
The writer is a patron of a school 
which would be affected by this bill, and 
therefore has as keen a personal interest 
in it as anyone. Unless a trial in small 
units can be made, I would very much 
like to see an honest, fair chance given 
to the law for a period of at least five 
years. By that time its defects would be 
evident and could be remedied without 
going back to the present system, which 
is so assuredly inadequate. R. l. nye. 
College of Agriculture, Syracuse, N. Y. 
B. X.-Y\—We agree with Prof. Nye on 
the suggestion for giving the plan a fair 
trial in a few districts or counties, but we 
are not in favor of passing the entire bill 
on the chance of amending it later. That 
is too much like trying to work from the 
top down, for we do not agree that the 
principle underlying the entire bill is 
right. We still believe that with some 
minor changes in the present law the 
people are fully capable of improving 
their own schools. 
Softenuig Bones in Cooker Pressure 
Have any of our people ever thought of 
using a pressure cooker for softening 
bones to grind up for chickens? I would 
like to pass on the results of our experi¬ 
ence. which is so satisfactory that we 
wonder there has not been more said 
about it. The largest bones become soft 
enough to grind in an ordinary meat 
grinder. Bones can be bought for a 
cent a pound, which gives a product 
which is cheaper and better liked- by 
the hens than commercial beef scrap. 
Lake View, N. Y. J. d. f. 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, FEB. 9, 1924 
FARM TOPICS 
The Sugar Beet as a Farm. Crop. 207 
Sudan Grass and Beans . 208 
Teasel Growing and Marketing. 213 
Farm Life in Idaho . 214 
How to Run This Farm. 216 
Western Man Coming East . 216 
Hope Farm Notes . 226 
Western Men and New York Farms . 229 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Plain Talk from Leading Dairymen, Part 
111 .209, 210 
League Buys More Plants . 229 
February Milk Prices . 229 
Soiling Crops for Cows . 234 
Injured Cow- . 234 
Ration with Timothy Hay . 236 
Ration Using Ground Wheat . 236 
Feeding Ewes and Ram . 236 
Improving Dairy Feed . 237 
Milking Three Times a Day . 237 
Cow Sucks Herself . 238 
THE HENYARD 
New York Egg-laying Contest . 245 
Vaccinating Against Roup . 245 
Feeding Green Cut Bone . 247 
Bread in Poultry Ration . 247 
Poor Layers . 247 
Poor Laying Minorcas . 248 
Plans for Henhouse . 248 
Ailing Turkeys . 248 
HORTICULTURE 
Quality in Connecticut Apples .207, 208 
Apples for Pies . 210 
Vineyard Questions . 211 
Garlic Culture .. 211 
An Apple Orchard for China . 214 
The Apple-tree Tent Caterpillar . 225 
Chinese Fruit Trees . 225 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day . 230 
Winter Bologna Sausage . 230 
Unusual Candies . 230 
The Rural Patterns . 230 
Early Instruction for Children .230 
Canning Meats . 230 
Further Canning Experience .230. 232 
More Steamed Puddings . 232 
Embroidery Designs . 232 
Winter Notes .232. 233 
I Serve Steak Economically . 233 
Two Useful Hints . 233 
MISCCELLANEOUS 
Handling Peat in Sweden 
Laying Out Orchard . 
Kentucky Coffee Tree . 
An Old Timer Talks . 
The Eight-hour Day . 
The Truck Road-hog . 
A Champion of the Cat . 
This Dog Could Reason .... 
Drying Turkey Wings . 
Survivor’s Right to Joint Account 
A Complicated Land Deal . 
Mortgaged Farm; School Funds 
hrary . 
Dower Right in Real Estate . 
Editorials .. .. 
Friends of the School Bill . 
Are We on the Road to Peasantry 
Standing for Standard Time ...... 
Consolidation for Hill Districts 
Healing Cracked Hands . 
Installing Water System . 
Blower for Cornstalks . 
Removing Water from Cellar .... 
Countrywide Produce Situation ... 
Publisher’s Desk . 
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