The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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la there a single book in the public 
library in your town which gives an ac¬ 
curate picture of farm life or an interest¬ 
ing story of real farm people? 
Many city people form their opinion of 
farmers and farm life from the books they 
read. Therefore, there ought to be at 
least one good book picturing real farm 
life, with its mixture of bright and dark 
sides, in every town or grange library. 
“Hope Farm Notes” is a well-printea 
224-page book, containing 25 interesting 
stories of farm life and country people. 
Many consider it the best book of country 
life which has ever been published. 
Ask for this book at your library, and 
if it isn’t there tell them they ought to 
have it. You will enjoy the book your¬ 
self, and it will give those not familiar 
with farm life a better understanding of 
real country people. 
Many people are making a present of 
this book to city friends or to their town, 
grange or school library, and it is always 
considered a welcome aift. 
The price is only $1.50, postpaid. Just 
fill out the coupon below and mail with 
a check or money order. 
RURAL, NEW-YORKER, 
333 West 30th St., New York. 
Gentlemen.—Enclosed find $1.50, tor which 
mail me a cloth-boand copy of Hope Farm Notes. 
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Pays for All the James way Equipment 
Shown In This Barn 
Just realize what this means. You have been putting off using 
needed equipment—stalls, pens, drinking cups, carriers, ventila¬ 
tion. Go ahead with your plans — now — today. Install your 
needed equipment on the 
James way Co-operative Plan 
“Pay From Earnings” 
The School Meeting at Syracuse 
The rural school conference at Syra¬ 
cuse on Jan. 31 was in many ways one 
of the most remarkable farm meetings 
ever held in New York State. It was a 
gathering of volunteers, coming together 
for the purpose of organization and train¬ 
ing for public service. The various farm 
organizations, as such, had nothing to do 
! with it, and none of their machinery was 
used to bring it about. There was just 
an ordinary call for a conference, and 
from 350 to 400 people responded. They 
represented the cream of the country peo¬ 
ple—picked men and women to represent 
real rural thought on the school bill. No 
man ever saw a more representative gath¬ 
ering of the finer and more intelligent 
type of country folks. The meeting was 
entirely free and unbossed. From start 
to finish it was orderly, direct and clear. 
The following counties were represent¬ 
ed : Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Ful¬ 
ton, Jefferson. Madison, Monroe, Mont¬ 
gomery, New York, Niagara, Onondaga, 
Ontario, Oswego. Orleans, Rockland, St. 
Lawrence. Schuyler, Seneca, Ulster and 
Wayne. One member from each of these 
counties constituted a committee on reso¬ 
lutions, with Grant Ilitchings as chair¬ 
man, and Mrs. Clark Haggart of St. 
Lawrence secretary. F. D. Fillmore of 
Onondaga County was elected chairman, 
and D. Boyd Devendorf of Montgomery 
acted as secretary. 
There were many short talks, all busi¬ 
ness like and to the point. These men 
and women were opposed to the Down- 
ing-Porter bill and had good reasons for 
the faith that is in them. They were 
willing to give the other side a fair hear¬ 
ing, and they all made it perfectly clear 
that they were not destructive in their 
opposition. They want better rural 
schools, and are determined to have them, 
hut they do not believe that the proposed 
bill presents the best plan. A study of 
the resolutions made by Grant Ilitchings 
will be found on page 277. There were 
many exciting and dramatic incidents 
during the day as these eager volunteers 
settled into line and assumed the discip¬ 
line of an army The most notable inci¬ 
dent of the meeting is recorded on page 
276. 
The resolutions were adopted with a 
rush, and steps were taken to organize a 
permanent asssociation, to be known as 
the Rural School Improvement Society. 
Some discussion of the objects of this 
organization was given. It will stand 
for practical and constructive work in 
every line—political, educational and ma¬ 
terial. We regard it as the most hopeful 
school organization ever attempted in the 
State. The R. N.-Y. has pledged itself 
to put all its energy into the home devel¬ 
opment of the rural schools. 
It lvas a great meeting—a great day 
in the school history of New York. A 
new power, a great volunteer army, has 
come together in defense of the schools, 
and must now be reckoned with. Any 
politician viewing this meeting carefully 
would know at once that here was a new 
and virile force which he cannot sidetrack 
or stop. Up-State members of the Legis¬ 
lature know clearly now what will hap¬ 
pen to them if they help push the school 
bill through the Legislature. The power 
of that Rural School Improvement So¬ 
ciety made itself felt at once. Two days 
after this meeting Assemblyman F. II. 
Lattin called a meeting at Albion, ap¬ 
parently to show that Orleans County 
wants the school bill. The courthouse 
was crowded—about 700 people being 
present. Mr. Lattin and two other school 
orators did their best, but on a vote only 
17 of the 700 present voted for the bill. 
The same thing happened in Fulton 
County on the same day. A meeting with 
every advantage to the school men was 
called. Assemblyman Hutchinson, who 
introduced the bill last year, talked, and 
was well assisted by other prominent j 
friends of the bill. The farmers turned 
out and registered their opposition with 
the result that Mr. Hutchinson openly 
announced that he will vote against the 
bill! We want every man and woman 
in the State who agrees with the resolu¬ 
tions adopted at Syracuse to join this 
State association at once. 
This plan puts the best goods in 
America into your bam at once —and 
the equipment saves and pays its cost 
as you use it. It does more. It 
brings to you experienced, individual 
service on your farm problems; a ser¬ 
vice which thousands of JAMESWAY 
customers, bankers and colleges of 
agriculture say is worth many times 
the cost of the equipment itself. 
This new marketing plan, which 
JAMESWAY alone can offer, leaves 
no excuse for any farmer, regardless 
of financial condition, to be without 
the latest labor-saving, profit-produc¬ 
ing equipment for dairy bam, hog 
bam, and poultry house. 
Write Today 
and tell us your plans. Tell us what 
you need. Get full details of our “pay 
from earnings” plan. Make the earn¬ 
ings you should from your cows, 
poultry and hogs this year. Make it 
easier. Only a part of the earnings will 
pay all of the cost. Write today for 
booklet No.60 and get started at once. 
Jamesway Farm Engineers 
JAMES MANUFACTURING COMPANY 
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