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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
February 9, 1924 
Things To Think About 
The Eight-hour Day 
Not long ago we had a visit from a 
man who lives back among the hills, 
where many old-fashioned ideas about 
labor still prevail. Folks down his way 
actually work full hours and overtime. 
As we walked along the road we came to 
an unfinished house. A storm threatened, 
and part of the roof was still open. It 
was half-past seven in the morning, and 
two stout men, evidently workmen, were 
“resting.” One sat on a pile of boards, 
the other was stretched out on an im¬ 
provised bed made of^shavings with a bag 
thrown over them. . 
"What are these men doing there? 
said our friend from the hills. 
“Waiting for eight o’clock.” 
“What for? Why don’t they get to 
work?” 
“They are on an eight-hour day. They 
will not start until eight. They take an 
hour off at noon and work from one to 
five.” 
“Will they kill time like that until 
eight?” 
“Exactly; if they did otherwise they 
would be in trouble with the union.” 
"What do they get for a day’s work? 
“From $10 to $12, for eight hours’ 
time. If they work outside the regular 
hours it’s overtime at extra pay.” 
“But that man working at the hen¬ 
house out back. lie’s hustling; but who 
is he?” 
“Why, lie’s the man who owns the 
Who has had experience in the sale of 
home-canned fruit and vegetables? The 
farm is quite high and reasonably free 
from late and early frosts, having what 
fruit growers call air drainage, o. L. S. 
Pennsylvania. 
' The Truck Road Hog 
Your note on page 1570 (Dec. 29) as 
to regulation of trucking on the public 
highways so as properly to safeguard the 
rights "of our railroad system is good. 
Trucking should be regulated to lessen 
wear and tear on our paved and unpaved 
highways, also to safeguard the travel 
of pleasure vehicles, motor and horse- 
drawn. For example, a garage man said 
that it is foolish to start an argument 
with the driver of the big trucks; many 
are “roughnecks” and carry guns. I 
followed at 3 P. M., Dec. 29, in the rear 
of truck, 1923 license N. Y. 1012605, 
about three miles between Rock Hill and 
Wurtsboro, N. Y. Snow came the day 
before and there was but one worn track 
in the center of the paved highway. The 
truck was not loaded, it had solid triple¬ 
width rear tires, the body was extra 
wide, certainly wider than the law should 
allow. The mirror could not be seen 
from a car following in the same track. 
Six or eight cars coming from the east 
passed the truck, only by turning out of 
the road, in some cases into the ditch. 
Headquarters of a Wayne Co., N. Y., boys’ club—a dugout with two rooms and stove. 
place. He has to work day and night to 
make a living and pay these other work¬ 
men. No eight-hour day for the owner. 
Well, that farmer saw something of a 
“great light.” lie never quite got the 
point before. He had read about the 
great benefit of unionized labor as ap¬ 
plied to farm work, and had begun to 
think it might be a fine thing. Here it 
was spread before him. Suppose the 
hired man at home took a notion to work 
like that. He could fix a late hour for 
milking and sleep until the hour struck. 
If the cows were not in the barn at a 
certain hour he could walk off and de¬ 
mand double time for overtime. It would 
all result in the farmers doing double 
time at half pay. As it is, the farmer 
must work four or five hours to earn the 
buying power which one of these eight- 
hour men earns in one hour. What’s the 
answer? 
How to Run This Farm 
Perhaps your readers can give me some 
suggestions about a plan of operation for 
a farm of 95 acres of tillable ground. 
\lfalfa grows quite well and there is a 
local market for it. What is an average 
yield for ground located in the northern 
part of Hunterdon, N. J.? There is 
an abundance of mow room, and stable 
room for 40 or oO head of stock. Chances 
of obtaining help are slight, and I expect 
to farm without outside help. A dairy 
does not seem practical or profitable. Is 
there profit in fattening cattle or a board¬ 
ing stable? There is now a start of six 
hives of bees, and a small orchard of ap¬ 
ples of several kinds. Is the raising of 
sheep, milk (or other) goats, poultry and 
pet stock, such as dogs, rabbits, etc., on 
such a scale as one man. his wife and a 
14-year-old boy, could attend to, consid¬ 
ered a profitable undertaking? I want to 
raise such things as can be marketed to 
stores in a wholesale way (carried in a 
small truck), with some retail trade as 
a possibility. I had thought of raising 
chickens, eggs, guineas, geese and squab 
ducks, to be sold alive or dressed, along 
with some asparagus, rhubarb, cabbage, 
tomatoes and sugar corn. If I were to 
raise milk goats, could I sell the milk to 
creameries, the same as cows’ milk? Is 
there much chance of selling it for hos¬ 
pital. invalid or infants’ use? There is 
a 30-acre tract of stumped ground that 1 
could use as a goat or sheep pasture, 
with plenty of water. Is 53 miles by rail 
too far from the New York market? 
The Middletown to Monticello bus pulled 
out at the last minute and stopped, be¬ 
cause they had to. The truck with three 
big men on the front seat did not turn 
out an inch to allow traffic to pass 
either from the front or the rear. The 
truck went up hill and down at 10 to 12 
miles an hour. To pass from the rear 
was a serious matter as the snow outside 
the track was 6 in. deep and heavy 
crust. I made several attempts to pass 
by turning outside of the extra wide 
truck body. Meantime several cars with 
more powerful engines, did pass at con¬ 
siderable risk. 
I am sure your readers would be glad 
to send you many such experiences. By 
means of the publicity, you can supply 
names and addresses of owner of truck, 
you can work up powerful sentiment 
among all careful car owners for any 
needed new legislation, or enforcement of 
such legislation as we already have. 
What is the New York State legisla¬ 
tion as to rules of the road, and what are 
the penalties? All such complaints 
should be filed in the bureau that issues 
licenses, and for repeated offences license 
should be revoked. Laws without pen¬ 
alties are of little value. There is a good 
article in January, 1924 Elk's Magazine 
on the auto traffic problem. J. L. s. 
Matamoras, Pa. 
Western Man Coming East 
I was interested in reading the inquiry, 
“A Hoosier Looks to New York,” by A. 
C. P., Indiana, as I can soak up some 
advice to good advantage myself. How¬ 
ever, I believe he will look a good while 
before he can find a farm the size he men¬ 
tions. I mean a good one. for the price 
he quotes. At least he can’t do it in this 
section, as farms half that size sell for 
that price: in fact, small farms are hard 
to find. The real estate dealers advertise 
in the dailies here for small farms, as they 
have more customers for small farms than 
thev have listed. A. C. P. will have no 
difficulty in getting a farm the size lie 
mentions, as there are plenty of them for 
sale. Scarcity of labor is the reason 
given for offering a goodly number of 
them for sale. The man with the small 
farm is evidently satisfied ; as long as he 
can do his own work and keep away from 
unnecessary expense he, of all men, 
ought to be content. A. w. c. 
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