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all hazards, and urge our country people 
to improve them. That plan has never 
been fairly tried. The educators seem de¬ 
termined to take power away from the 
district, and subject the schools more and 
more to their own plans. I believe that 
the rural people are fully competent to 
improve and manage their own schools if 
they can have reasonable support, and if 
the educators will keep their hands off 
and give them a fair chance. As for 
raising money, I favor a modification of 
the plan now followed in New Jersey. 
Ilere the school money is raised in va¬ 
rious ways. There is a local school tax 
which varies with the locality. Then we 
have a State tax of 2% mills, the in¬ 
come from the sale and rental of riparian 
lands, a tax on main stem railroads, and 
the interest on surplus revenue. These 
funds are distributed back to the counties 
and so on to the school districts. The 
system is excellent, but the distribution 
as at present conducted is unfair. The 
Legislature is now considering bills which 
would improve it. With the money fairly 
distributed by the State, so as to equalize 
the school tax all over, I think this sys¬ 
tem would be just about right, and it 
would give the weaker districts a fair 
chance. As it is now, the richer counties 
get the lion’s share. I would have it 
honestly distributed, with the clear un¬ 
derstanding that it is the duty of the 
State to provide for the weaker districts 
first of all. 
I would, if need be, take some pow°r 
away from the Department of Education 
and give increased power to the local au¬ 
thorities, with reasonable penalty for 
non-performance of duty. I shall be told, 
in effect, that the country people are in¬ 
capable of improving their own schools, 
and no doubt a number of terrible exam¬ 
ples will be cited. Well, I want to see 
such a plan tried. I have faith in the 
people, and we intend to put the full 
power of Tiie R. N.-Y. into a campaign 
to arouse interest in the local schools, 
and build up a State-wide organization 
for obtaining better teachers, better 
houses, better grounds and greater inter¬ 
est. Our people have never been appealed 
to in just that way. We intend to try 
it, and we have every confidence that we 
can, with reasonable support, start true 
improvement in spirit and material in 
every district in the State. h. w. c. 
Questions About Gladiolus Culture 
Would you tell me something of 
Gladiolus culture? I would like to know 
especially how they are cured in the Fall 
and Winter storage, soil. etc. Is it easy 
to raise Gladioli from seed? j. p. n. 
Brighton, N. Y. 
The Gladiolus will succeed on almost 
any soil, but good garden or farm land, 
such as is suitable for corn or potatoes, 
is especially congenial. If stable manure 
is used, it should be in the Fall before 
planting, as fresh manure is likely to 
cause scab if it comes in contact with the 
corms. If more desirable, any good com¬ 
plete fertilizer may be used instead of 
manure. In commercial culture, after the 
ground is well prepared for large bulbs, 
furrows are made 3 ft. apart and about 
f> in. deep. The bulbs are placed in the 
furrows as far apart as their own diam¬ 
eter. They are given clean cultivation, 
the surface being kept fine and mellow. 
With 3-ft. rows, horse cultivation may 
be given ; where hand culture is utilized 
18-in. rows are sufficient. Planting is 
done in April and May, and later for 
succession if the bulbs do not start to 
grow in storage. A long succession of 
bloom may be obtained by planting at 
different times. 
The bulbs are dug from September on, 
the tops clipped off close to the corm and 
then spread in shallow crates to dry. 
When cured they are packed in crates, 
and stored in a cellar without artificial 
heat, where the temperature will range 
from 35 to 40 degrees in cold weather. 
Gladioli are easily raised from seed. 
I he ground should be well pulverized, and 
enriched with a complete fertilizer at the 
rate of six or seven pounds to the square 
rod. Make drills 12 in. apart, % in. 
deep. Sow the seed thickly, and cover 
with fine earth to the depth of % in., 
pressing this down until there is only 
V 2 in- over the seeds. The surface of the 
bed must be kept moist until the seed 
comes up, which may be two or three 
weeks, or longer if conditions are un¬ 
favorable. A small bed may be covered 
with burlap, or inverted crates may be 
laid over it. After the seedlings come up 
they should be given clean cultivation, the 
surface being frequently stirred, and kept 
free from weeds. The seedlings should be 
dug as soon as their tops begin to turn 
yellow, and put into flats to cure before 
storing. They usually average from 14 in. 
to y% in. in diameter at the end of the 
first season from seed. 
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Farm Co-operation 
is a protest against the monopoly 
and other oppressive methods of 
organized distributors and the 
capital stock companies. Can 
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in their own organizations that 
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